Weeping Like a Willow
country, Bright country-ska crossover with female vocals; springy offbeat acoustics, twangy electric leads, brushed snare and walking upright bass. Intimate verses tuck into soft fiddle and warm organ pads; choruses jump wide with punchy horn stabs, stacked harmonies, and bouncy drums. Bridge slips into half-time with sparse brass swells and close, almost whispered vocal before the full band slams back in on the final hook, sunny and triumphant., bounce, ska, bright, light, electric, female vocals, soft, vocal
Weeping Like a Willow
country, Bright country-ska crossover with female vocals; springy offbeat acoustics, twangy electric leads, brushed snare and walking upright bass. Intimate verses tuck into soft fiddle and warm organ pads; choruses jump wide with punchy horn stabs, stacked harmonies, and bouncy drums. Bridge slips into half-time with sparse brass swells and close, almost whispered vocal before the full band slams back in on the final hook, sunny and triumphant., bounce, ska, bright, light, electric, female vocals, soft, vocal
Lyrics
You left your hat on the back porch rail
Coffee cup still on the stove
Your boots by the door like they're waitin' on you
But I'm eatin' dinner alone
Dog keeps runnin' to your rusted old truck
Like you're pulled up any day
I keep laughin' at the reruns we watched
Then the laugh just melts away
[Chorus]
I'm weepin' like a willow in a backyard storm
Branches shakin', tryin' to look strong
Rooted in the place where you let me go
Soaked clear through, but I'm still standin' though
I'm weepin' like a willow, bendin', swayin' low
Oh, the sky keeps fallin', baby, you don't know
Tears on my pillow, mascara on my clothes
I'm weepin' like a willow, but I won't let go
[Verse 2]
Your mama called just to "check on things"
Heard his name hang in her throat
I changed the subject to the weather again
Said my eyes are red from the smoke
I hang your shirt on the clothesline still
Just to see it catch the breeze
Pretend it's you spinnin' me 'round that yard
Till my knees drop to the weeds
[Chorus]
I'm weepin' like a willow in a backyard storm
Branches shakin', tryin' to look strong
Rooted in the place where you let me go
Soaked clear through, but I'm still standin' though
I'm weepin' like a willow, bendin', swayin' low
Oh, the sky keeps fallin', baby, you don't know
Tears on my pillow, mascara on my clothes
I'm weepin' like a willow, but I won't let go (no, I won't let go)
[Bridge]
[Half-time, drums drop back, close vocal]
Rain on the tin roof countin'
One, two, three
Thought I lost my color
When you left me
But this old heart's hummin'
Under all this ache
Every drop that falls
Grows somethin' in its wake (yeah)
[Chorus]
[Full band bursts back in]
I'm weepin' like a willow in a backyard storm
Branches shakin', but I'm standin' strong
Rooted in the place where you let me grow
Storm blew through and I'm still here, you know
I'm weepin' like a willow, bendin', swayin' free
Leaves all shimmer in the bright spring breeze
Tears on my pillow, sunlight on my toes
I'm weepin' like a willow, watch me let you go (let you go)