For the caregivers.
I HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN AS YOU LAUGHED JUST BEFORE YOUR WORLD WENT GREY AND OVERCAST
SUN-SHOWER SUMMER DAY THE RAIN AND SUN AT PLAY NO THOUGHT OF TROUBLE AS YOU DANCED THE RAIN AWAY
THE LIFE SHE KNEW ERASED A SAD BEWILDERED HAZE THE FRIGHTENED CALLS THAT WOUND DOWN TO THE FINAL DAYS
HIT FROM THE BLIND SIDE BEREFT AND VILLIFIED THEN HIT AGAIN, AND AGAIN, TILL YOU COULD ONLY CRY
NO WIN CHOICES THAT ONLY YOU COULD MAKE SECOND GUESSERS AND ALL THEIR HURTFUL GAMES
AND THAT IS WHY I SAY
HEY, HEY, HEY …LET IT WASH AWAY HEY, HEY, HEY …LET IT WASH AWAY
FEEL THE WARMTH OF THE SUN, THE SOOTHING RAIN LET THE SUNSHOWER WASH AWAY THE PAIN
YOU WERE THE ONE WHO STAYED YOU HAD TO TAKE THE WEIGHT /OUR CARE -FREE WAYS DISSOLVED INTO CARE-GIVER DAYS
AND I KNOW HOW IT’S BEEN BUT I CAN SEE YOU THEN I WANT TO SEE YOU DANCING IN THE RAIN AGAIN
I HOPE YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT I’M TRYING TO SAY I KNOW THAT YOU’LL BE ALRIGHT FUTURE IS BRIGHT THERE WILL BE BETTER DAYS
I KNOW THE REASONS THEY LEFT I KNOW THE REASONS YOU STAYED I KNOW THE WORK YOU PUT IN AND THE PRICE YOU PAID
I KNOW THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED I KNOW THE VULTURES WHO PREYED I HOPE WITH EVERY NEW DAY THE FEELINGS WASH AWAY
THE SUN IS OUT TODAY THE PAIN WILL WASH AWAY LET IT WASH AWAY
from
Americana Motel,
released March 5, 2022
Rosco & FOR Collective:
1-62 (Selley, Reed)
2- Soaring (Selley, Reed, Robertson, Kranz)
3 -Better Off (Selley, Reed, Petty)
4-The Home (Selley, Reed, Kranz, Robertson)
5- Let It Wash Away (Selley, Reed, Robertson)
6- I’m Still Listening (Selley)
7-The Next Rodeo (Selley, Reed, Robertson)
8-Tomorrow Starts In The Dark (Robertson, Selley)
9-Happy Song (Selley, Reed, Robertson)
Produced by Andy Reed, Michael Robertson, and Rosco
Engineered and Mixed by Andy Reed, Recorded at Reed Recording, Bay City, MI
Mastered by Duncan Ferguson at The Voltage Exchange in East Nashville, Tennessee
Musicians:
Andy Reed: Drums (Tracks 3,5,8), Bass, Electric Guitar (Lead on Track 3), Acoustic Rhythm Guitar, Background Vocals (Tracks 1,5,7,9), Keyboards (Track 6), Drum And Percussion Programming
Michael Robertson: Electric Guitar (Lead on tracks 1,4,6,8), Acoustic & Resonator Guitar, Lead Vocal (Track 8), Background Vocals (Tracks 1,5,7,9)
Loren Kranz: Drums (Tracks 2,4), Keyboards (Tracks 1,3,4,5,7) , Accordion (Track 5)
Donny Brown: Drums (Tracks 1,3,6,7,9) Background Vocals (Track 1,5,7,9)
Scott Van DelL: Electric Guitar (Tracks 1,7)
Amy Petty: Lead Vocal (Track 3) Background Vocal (Track 2)
Lora Dale: Background Vocal (Track 4)
Sayge Ackerman: Background vocals (Track 9)
Dave Selley: Trumpet, Piccolo Trumpet, Flugelhorn (Track 9), Background Vocals (Track 1,5,6,9)
Joe Balbaugh: Trombone (Track 9), Background Vocals (Tracks 1,9)
Christin Nielsen: Background Vocals (Track 1,9)
Kora Nixon: Background Vocals (Track 1,9)
Rosco: Lead Vocal, Harmonica (and fake Cello, Double Bass, Horn, and Organ Patches), Electric Guitar (Track 9)
