Rocky Bottom

by Steve Horton

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Livin' at the end of a one lane road
Lyin' in the leaves like an old bull toad
A mile on the left at the county line
Behind a mailbox covered with trumpet vine

I bring my own weather, got my own time zone
Sign on the gate says "Nobody home."
Don't write no letters, don't answer the phone,
And if you don't like me you can leave me alone

Cho:
Some folks sing about the blues
But I’m the one that's got 'em
Some folks live on Rocky Top
I live on Rocky Bottom

My old friends think my mind is gone
They say "he's been out in the woods too long."
A grownup man should be careful near the end
Not to grow back down again.

Bridge:
Glory be, heavens above
What in the devil were they thinkin' of
Talk about peace, talk about love
Times get any harder, we gonna eat that dove

Some folks sing about the blues
But we're the ones that's got 'em
Some folks live on Rocky Top
We live on Rocky Bottom

Sometimes at night when the wind is still
I hear Chuck-Will's-Widow cryin' over the hill
Sounds so lonesome, it makes me blue
She misses him like I miss you

Some folks sing about the blues
But I'm the one that's got 'em
Some folks live on Rocky Top
I live on Rocky Bottom

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released June 7, 2023
Guitars - Hector Qirko; Mandolin & dobro - David Johnson; Bass - Vince Ilagan; Drums - James Miller; Vocal - Steve Horton; Harmony vocal - Hector Qirko; Engineer - Glen Hagerman, Daniel Brown; Produced by Daniel Brown, Hector Qirko, Steve Horton. Photograph - Liz Horton

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Steve Horton Corryton, Tennessee

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Drawn to music first through family singing and church choirs, then an attraction to folk music in high school and coffeehouse days at Maryville College in east Tennessee. Founding member of east Tennessee bands Lonesome Coyotes and Y'uns Jugband, and organizer of the Second Sunday Community Sing. ... more

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