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THE NATURAL WORLD

by Josh Dillard

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Chris Bates Wonderful! The album just flows along so nicely, time for another listen! Favorite track: Red River.
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1.
When I was a child I stood and watched the farmer burn his field I saw the snake that bit the heel of the woman who worked the wheel And with a worried mind, I watched shadows moving slowly from afar Counting all them cars on the boulevard I don't really know this world, pull the curtain from my eyes When I was a child I dreamt I saw the axe that fell the tree It was never rooted in history, just smoke and mirrors Now that I'm a man, I see nothing's gonna change When we're left to our own ways, we remain the same I don't really know this world, pull the curtain from my eyes I ain't seen nothing but the wind and rain Til I looked through the eye of the hurricane
2.
Red River 03:27
There's a place where I used to go On the banks of the Santa Fe And just as the water rolled off the rocks So did my troubles, so did my pain So let's go down, let's go down, let's go down Where the red river flows Where the red river flows, me and my lover will go Where the red river flows She's as pure as the driven snow We saw in the great plains And just as the sand that runs through my hands I cannot grasp, I cannot grasp or explain My love for her, my love for her, my love for her So let's go down, let's go down, let's go down Where that red river flows Where that red river flows, me and my lover will go Where that red river flows
3.
Take me back to the cliffs of Santa Barbara Where light from your emerald eyes swept the mist from the morning skies Where we laughed with a sense of satisfaction To the sound of the endless waves That seemed to swell as your breath took shape At the cliffs of Santa Barbara It wasn't much of a room but it had a lemon tree Out back you said to me You said each moment it fits like a key You take it and turn it, it opens the door to your state of disbelief Where the past and the future meet in which the love that you seek is now found in the hand that you're holding Take me back to the cliffs of Santa Barbara Where light from your emerald eyes swept the mist from the morning skies Where we laughed with a sense of satisfaction To the sound of the endless waves That seemed to swell as your breath took shape At the cliffs of Santa Barbara The moon hit the Santa Ynez on the night of the good rain I was asleep when it finally came And I dreamt of a horses’ white mane That blew in the wind as its rider swept in holding tightly to its reigns And as the rider’s face came to view, I could see that the rider was you And your eyes were the light in the darkness that eased the earth
4.
If I could turn back the clock, darling you know I would I made my mistakes having misunderstood That a man can't retract once he's laid down his bets So I'll trade in my earnings, leave the past to rest Cause I can't go back, I can't right all these wrongs But I can point myself down this old road we have found To where I know we belong I watched the birds of the air, and flowers of the field Arrayed in such beauty with effortless yield Yet they don't much toil, like I have all these years But did I ever reach, did I speak, did I see, did I hear? I can't go back, I can't right all these wrongs But I can point myself down this old road we have found To where I know we belong
5.
I put a stone in your shoe Let you think it through, let you think it through Prove to me justice, prove to me love prove to me, baby, the stars above I put a stone in your shoe Let you think it through, let you think it through You seat yourself at the head of the table before you were asked Don't build yourself a monument it ain't gonna last Maintain your little corner of power, it's life or death If that's all there is to this natural world you better fight til your dying breath I put a stone in your shoe Let you think it through, let you think it through
6.
Lonely World 03:28
This is a lonely world, this is a lonely world Each of us filled with a crisis of mind We hold onto what is wrong, thinking we're right But are we blinded by the dark or the light? It's a low hanging fruit, it's easy to grab To say you stand for something when you already have A crown on your head and the world at your feet You die holding onto what you never could keep This is a lonely world, this is a lonely world Each of us filled with a crisis of mind We hold onto what is wrong, thinking we're right But are we blinded by the dark or the light? Finite and finality, allow me to see What will last and what will fade, what will keep within the shade The shade that hides and the shade that reveals Which piercing wounds will ever heal This is a lonely world, this is a lonely world Each of us filled with a crisis of mind We hold onto what is wrong, thinking we're right But are we blinded by the dark or the light?
7.
You got a smile on your face, baby But you never knew how to replace the lack of love Think back to when you was a little one, baby When you're left in the dust you must make sense of it all Tell me what I gotta do to convince you it ain't true When you say, anything goes to make you happy You've got a way with words, baby But what you say is never heard Cause you never took the time to look Cause more is less you know and less is more But we still say, the rich ain't rich, and the poor ain't poor Tell me what I gotta do to convince you it ain't true When you say, anything goes to you happy Cause people gonna pay the price for mistakes we make In the name of: anything goes to make you happy
8.
Just a brief moment with you You can sketch a portrait while I sing you a tune In the quiet of night, by the light of the moon A brief moment with you If you've got time to lend I'll spend it with you Just a brief moment will do There's a loneliness to life that won't fade But if you're lonely tonight it's cause you chose not to stay A brief moment with you If you can spare it then I'll share it with you Just a brief moment with you It's now or never miss, so don't miss looking back If I could cry I would but I can't so I'll laugh A brief moment with you Is all I need if you need it to
9.
Skjolden 03:10
Take me north to the meadow, in the summer so bright Where the clouds lay below the capped mountains of white Where the sun never fades, mystic twilight so fine We will find peace in knowing the valley of time Next to farm fields and flowers, falling water ne'er rests To the north and the south, in the east, and the west Though the grief that still binds us blossomed beautiful years We will find peace in knowing the valley of tears In the wake of cool waters, where the sunlight ne'er ends And the otter has chosen her home at the bend Where the roar of the river meets the still silent fjord We will find peace in knowing Skjolden, the sword

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Written over the past four years almost entirely in his head while studying and working as a nurse, Josh Dillard’s fifth studio album, The Natural World, strikes like lightning, briefly illuminating the many shades of midnight. The culmination of a 25-year collaboration with cousin and producer Peter Schottleutner (The Explorers Club), the album draws upon the history of their collective musical imagination, with influences ranging from Bill Withers, The Beach Boys, Buck Owens, and Paul Simon. Building upon their previous successes, including a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and Colorado Creative Industries, the album was written and produced between Denver and New Delhi.

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released November 20, 2020

Produced by Peter Schottleutner

Written by Josh Dillard

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Dave Wilton at Coalesce Audio in Lafayette, Colo.

Peter Schottleutner: Pedal steel, clarinet, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, organ, piano, background vocals

Tyler Cuchiara: Drums

Johnny Lamb: Background vocals featured on When I Was a Child and Stone in Your Shoe

Aaron Strumpel: Trumpet featured on Cliffs of Santa Barbara

Clara Lorraine: Piano featured on If I Could Turn Back the Clock, A Brief Moment, and Skjolden

Josh Dillard: Vocals, acoustic guitar featured on If I Could Turn Back the Clock

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Josh Dillard Denver, Colorado

Written over the past 4 years while studying and
working as a nurse, Josh Dillard’s fifth
album, The Natural World, strikes
like lightning, briefly illuminating the many
shades of midnight.

The culmination of a 25-year collaboration
with cousin & producer Peter Schottleutner
(The Explorers Club), the album was written and produced between Denver and New Delhi.
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