All I ever heard was you were a troubled child
All I ever heard was you can’t sit still and
Your mind is running wild
Lost your temper, lost your cool
Never did quite jive with school
All I ever heard was you were a troubled child
Sitting on the bus, headphones in your ears
Skates and boards would help to get you thru those years
Put on pills for ADD, legalized amphetamines
Overkill that gets stronger every year
If I could tell you then what I’d tell you now:
I see a light in you
If you knew then what you know now
I think you’d say this too:
It is alright, you are alright
Everything is alright, and it’s easy
You never thought you’d make it past 22
You did your best, that’s all that anyone can ever do
The way you make us laugh with ease
The way you love your family
Don’t forget that’s how we love you, too
Learning how to fight was a blessing and a curse
Something small could turn to something so much worse
It’s the wrong scene, someone wants to brawl
You knocked him out, now the law’s involved
Learning how to fight was a blessing and a curse
If I could tell you then what I’d tell you now:
You are a peaceful man
I think you knew then what you still know now:
Peace is in your hands
It is alright, you are alright
Everything is alright, and it’s easy
You weren’t yourself since who knows when
You knew the pills just had to end
So you cut them cold and told no one
Until all the chemicals were gone
Now the work has just begun
So remember this, my brother
I consider you a hero
I know this world will always hold you
It’s just like the old monk told you:
It is alright, you are alright
Everything is alright, and it’s easy
credits
from One By One,
released July 9, 2019
Travis Knapp - lead vocals, banjo, & piano
Desmond Bratton - double bass
Byron “Kidd” Cage - drum set
Elisa Sciscioli - harmony vocals
Angie Beeler - harmony vocals
Jonathan Keefner - hand percussion
Harmony Malone - tambourine
All songs written by Travis Knapp
Mixing and Mastering by Nate Silas Richardson, REP Studio (Ithaca, NY - www.repstudio.com)
Recorded by Nate Silas Richardson (REP Studio), and by Travis Knapp (Fun Acres Studio + various locations)
Illustration by Linda Wingerter (www.paintedbooks.com)
Packaging design & layout by Pat Burke
"Hopeful soul-lifting acoustic folk music rooted in pop, jazz, soul, and gospel - piano/banjo/guitar/vocals; from the fields, forests, ponds, and meadows of Ithaca, NY."
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