Get all 13 Barak Hill releases available on Bandcamp and save 25%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Songs Like Arrows, Hallowed be My Name (Single), The Lost Year (Single), Stand Together, Stay Apart, Mid-Americana, Washington Avenue, Sketches of Empty Space (Home Demos), All the Empty Space, and 5 more.
1. |
The Sweetest Sound
03:04
|
|||
I like the sound of heartache
Write what I know and I know it so well
Pay attention when my heart breaks
Another story to tell
I love how hard the sun shines
Makes me sweat, makes me close my eyes
Night leaves me longing for daylight
Daylight eases my mind
Write this down
Word for word ‘til I get it out
Write this down
Heartache makes the sweetest sound
I feel like leaving this to heaven
But I’ll carry it as long as I can
Do my best for those that follow
To find a way without a plan
Write this down
Word for word ‘til I get it out
Write this down
Heartache makes the sweetest sound
|
||||
2. |
Once I Was a Hurricane
03:02
|
|||
Once I was a hurricane
I owned the wind, I owned the rain
Drowned the sun and sky for days
Oh once I was a hurricane
Once I was a rattlesnake
Leave me be, just walk away
I was full of pain, I shook with rage
Oh once I was a rattlesnake
Once I was a house on fire
I burned down walls with my desire
Tore down the roof to see the sky
Oh once I was a house on fire
I am just a man these days
My stories all are caught and tamed
There is no cause to be afraid
Oh I am just a man these days
There is no cause to be afraid
Oh I am just a man these days
|
||||
3. |
Thirty-Three
02:18
|
|||
A dozen years since twenty-one
Look at how far I’ve come
Surprised at how easily
The road rolls out in back of me
But nothing’s set my soul on fire
Like the spark between you and I
Scared to think what we could have done
If I was smarter at twenty-one
Feeling old at thirty-three
I’ve packed on too much history
Can’t find a piece of solid ground
No I can’t seem to settle down
So I’m walking when my wheels won’t roll
Thought I was through with days like those
It turns out that where I am
Ain’t so far from where I’ve been
A dozen years since twenty-one
Look at how far I’ve come
Surprised at how easily
The road rolls out in back of me
|
||||
4. |
I Want to Say Love
04:24
|
|||
Wanna feel good, but I can’t feel good
Without you
Wanna do right, but I can’t do right
Ooh, by you
I want to take your picture
And I want to hear your big plans
I want to get you drunk
And tell you all my secrets
In one hand, but not my good hand
I’ll hold on to you
I’ll talk softly, I’ll talk slowly
When I talk to you
I want to take your picture
And I want to hear your big plans
I want to get you drunk
And tell you all my secrets
I’ll call you in the morning
And I’ll stay awake until then
I want to say love
But I want to mean it
My heart as hard as diamonds
And my soul as cold as ice
I listened to what you said
Please don’t say it twice
I want to take your picture
And I want to hear your big plans
I want to get you drunk
And tell you all my secrets
I’ll call you in the morning
And I’ll stay awake until then
I want to say love
But I want to mean it
|
||||
5. |
This Machine
02:44
|
|||
You’ve got a face I think I’ve seen in my dreams
Or maybe you just look like some girl from a movie
I’ve got a car, I could take you home, it’s OK
It may not be far, but we could take the long way
Move so fast
Lights are all that I can see
This machine
Would take you away from me
Ma’am I’m in pain, it hurts to have to tell you
You don’t know my name, and I wish you didn’t have to
Move so fast
Lights are all that I can see
This machine
Would take you away from me
|
||||
6. |
Birmingham
03:04
|
|||
I’m on my way to Birmingham, I kissed Austin goodbye
Take 20 it’s a straight shot, leave them hard roads behind
Spent my last night in Texas, now I’ve crossed that Lou’siana state line
Shreveport to Jackson with sunset in my rearview mirror
I’ve got six hours behind me, seven still to go before I’m there
Monroe looks like a fine town, I’d stop and sleep if only you were here
I’m on my way to Birmingham, to ask that little girl for her hand
I’m burning up the four-lane tryin’ to get there just as fast as I can
If that little girl will have me I will be an Alabama man
|
||||
7. |
||||
It doesn’t matter how long I’m gone
When I get back this still feels like home
There ain’t nothing to hold me, but this place seems to own me
This shit-stinking town, is where I come from
It doesn’t matter how hard I love
Seems I wind up with nothing but songs
Got no one to hold me, I’m alone but not lonely
And a girl like you wouldn’t have stayed mine for long
It doesn’t matter how hard I work
Debts to pay, never money to burn
The money that’s owed me, it comes and it’s going
I guess that I get everything that I’ve earned
|
||||
8. |
All My Time
03:38
|
|||
Oh my love will you spend the night
The rain is coming down outside
Oh my love will you spend the night tonight
Saved my money just to fill your glass
Bottle’s empty, feelings last
Oh my love will you spend the night tonight
We’ll stay in long after morning’s come
Kill the phones, keep the curtains drawn
You’re the one thing on my mind
I’m gonna give you all my time
Give you all my time
Ain’t no jobs for a man like me
That ain’t how I spend my days
Money baby, isn’t what I need
We’ll stay in long after morning’s come
Kill the phones, keep the curtains drawn
You’re the one thing on my mind
I’m gonna give you all my time
Give you all my time
Oh my god, what will we do
When the well runs dry will you see us through
Oh my god, will you see us through
Hard times come, they won’t bring us down
Hard times go, we’ll still be around
When I’ve spent my last dime
I’ll just give you all my time
Give you all my time
We’ll stay in long after morning’s come
Kill the phones, keep the curtains drawn
You’re the one thing on my mind
I’m gonna give you all my time
Give you all my time
|
||||
9. |
'Til the Money Runs Out
03:54
|
|||
Whatcha gonna do ‘til the money runs out now baby?
Whatcha gonna do ‘til the money runs out now baby?
Dance all night, and sing out loud
Dance and sing ‘til the money runs out now baby
We’ll drink all night and sleep all day tomorrow
We’ll drink all night and sleep all day tomorrow
Music’s loud, stay awake
Stumble home and sleep all day tomorrow
Mmm my my, that sure felt like love
Mmm my my, it was never enough
Whatcha gonna do when I ain’t no fun now baby?
Whatcha gonna do when I ain’t no fun now baby?
Look how fast, how far you run
Run away when I ain’t no fun no baby
Mmm my my, that sure felt like love
Mmm my my, it was never enough
Mmm my my, that sure felt like love
Mmm my my, it was never enough
Whatcha gonna do ‘til the money runs out now baby?
Whatcha gonna do ‘til the money runs out now baby?
Dance all night, and sing out loud
Dance and sing ‘til the money runs out now baby
|
||||
10. |
Ready to Walk Away
01:57
|
|||
Pray, the boy says to pray
He said you’ve got to have faith
I’m sleeping not dying
The boy says to pray
I’ve given good days
The rest I’ll be taking
I’ll take them away
They’re mine to reclaim
I’m disheartened and disappointed
Tired of the things that I wanted
I’m ready to walk away
I’m proud that I know
A man of salvation
He’s safe but not saving
A good man to know
Now I’m walking away
So long, I’d forgotten
The direction to walk in
The boy says to pray
I’m disheartened and disappointed
Tired of the things that I wanted
I’m ready to walk away
|
||||
11. |
Reunion Song
03:14
|
|||
My brothers share my name
Damn near the only thing
Our father, has to leave to us
Wives and kids by twos and threes
Gather here beneath the trees
We’re all here, ain’t that enough?
Or do you have to like the ones you love?
Father don’t have much to say
So many men were left that way
Hard, and full of thoughts of war
But momma she always speaks
In a voice that trembles and grows weak
Of the man she remembers from before
He just don’t talk much anymore
The things I’ve tried to leave behind
They meet me at the county line
To lead me back to where I’m from
We keep in touch from separate ways
You can’t come home is what they say
But we’re all here, ain’t that enough?
You don’t have to like the ones you love (3X)
|
||||
12. |
Pushed Around
00:44
|
|||
I’ll shave my face, most every day
I’ll get a haircut, yeah go ahead and say the word
Tell me what to do
I just want to get pushed around by you
Just want to get shoved around
Just want to get tossed around
I just want to get pushed around by you
|
Barak Hill Springfield, Missouri
Barak is a singer/songwriter and producer from Springfield, MO.
"Hill’s lyrical
approach is economical and plain-spoken, the words of everyman. But they’re delivered with the careful pacing and assuredness of a man who knows the impact he wants and how to get it." - Chris DeRosier, TAG Magazine
... more
Streaming and Download help
If you like Barak Hill, you may also like:
Bandcamp Daily your guide to the world of Bandcamp