Hiding It All Away

from On A Day Like That by Owen Young

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lyrics

He rode through the crossroads without slowing down
Just breaking loose, blowing the hell out of town
Twenty years on the line with nothing to show
The fuse in his head was getting ready to go.
A wife and some kids who just couldn’t understand
That for his life to blow by wasn’t part of his plan
He was thinking tomorrow might be a better day
But tonight he was riding, just riding it all away.

She was stuck in a corner where the world let her down
Alone in the one bar in a one-horse town
Ragged old sweater and shredded blue jeans
Hard to believe she’d been her high school queen
She was wondering about when things had turned worse
Why men tore up her life, and how she thought she was cursed
She was hoping tomorrow might be a better day
But tonight she was drinking, just drinking it all away.

But you and me babe, we’re living better than that
Whether high on the hog or busted right flat
’Cause I got you and you know you got me
It’s not the music we make, it’s the sweet harmony
So let go the brakes, put the pedal to the floor
To lighten the load, throw all the shit overboard
We may never again feel what we’re feelin’ today
So tonight let’s be dancing, just be dancing it all away.

It’s something you can’t see
Something you can’t be told
Something you won’t understand
Even if it knocks you cold.
But it’s something you can feel
If you are true right from the start
You can know the power of a woman’s love
When she can trust your heart.

She was tired of being pushed and she was sick of the lies
Somehow you just knew, you could read it in her eyes
So when no one would hear what she had to say
She took her old soul and she hid it away
She didn’t ask much, she just wanted a friend
To help carry her through to the dark at the end
She’d forgotten tomorrow could be a better day
So tonight she’s in hiding, just hiding it all away.

But you and me babe, we got it good as it gets
Flying high on each other with no safety net
Our road isn’t smooth and it may not be straight
But we’re travelling together, being driven by fate
So let go the brakes, put the pedal to the floor
To lighten the load, throw all the shit overboard
We may never again feel what we’re feelin’ today
So tonight let’s be dancing, just be dancing it all away.

credits

from On A Day Like That, released December 7, 2021
lyrics, music: Owen Young
vocals: Owen Young, Tia McGraff, Tommy Parham
recording engineer lead vocal, final mix, mastering: Jill Zimmermann
recording, mixing of Tia McGraff vocal, additional vocals: Tommy Parham
instrumental and synthesizer tracks recorded at Cayuga
Owen Young vocal recorded at Jukasa Studios, Ohsweken
Tia McGraff, Tommy Parham vocals recorded at their studio, Port Rowan

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Owen Young Cayuga, Ontario

Still going strong and grateful for it. Still living on the Grand River in Haldimand County. Still crazy in love with my partner. Still walking the riverside and fields with my dog, Reba, and looking after my old retired mare, Time. Still writing and trying to play. ... more

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