Biography:
Jason Isbell is an alt-country singer /songwriter /guitarist from Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Best known for his years with the Drive-By Truckers where he played with his then wife, bassist Shonna Tucker. Isbell - who joined the Truckers in 2001 - left the band in early 2007 around the same time as his divorce from Tucker was finalized.
In addition to being a gifted songwriter, Isbell is regarded as an exceptional guitar player. His style is mostly in the alt-country genre, but is also infused with rock and blues elements.
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- Alabama Pines
- Codeine
- We've Met
- 24 Frames
- Anxiety
- Chaos And Clothes
- Chicago Prominade
- Children Of Children
- Cigarettes And Wine
- Cover Me Up
- Cumberland Gap
- Daisy Mae
- Danko Manuel
- Decoration Day
- Devil Is My Running Mate
- Different Days
- Dress Blues
- Elephant
- Flagship
- Flying Over Water
- Go It Alone
- God Is A Working Man
- Goddamn Lonely Love
- Good
- Grown
- Heart On A String
- Hope The High Road
- How To Forget
- However Long
- Hudson Commodore
- Hurricanes And Hand Grenades
- I Follow Rivers
- If I Needed You
- If It Takes A Lifetime
- If We Were Vampires
- Last Of My Kind
- Live Oak
- Molotov
- Mutineer
- Never Could Believe
- New South Wales
- Old Flame
- Outfit
- Palmetto Rose
- Relatively Easy
- Save It For Sunday
- Seven Mile Island
- Shotgun Wedding
- Soldiers Get Strange
- Something More Than Free
- Something To Love
- Songs That She Sang In The Shower
- Speed Trap Town
- Stockholm
- Stopping By
- Streetlights
- Sunstroke
- Super 8
- The Blue
- The Devil Is My Running Mate
- The Last Song I Will Write
- The Life You Chose
- The Magician
- The Pilgrim
- To A Band That I Loved
- Tour Of Duty
- Traveling Alone
- Tupelo
- Weve Met
- White Mans World
- Yvette
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[Verse 1]
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See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans,
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Wearin' yesterday's misfortunes like a smile
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Once he had a future full of money, love, and dreams,
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Which he spent like they was goin' outa style
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And he keeps right on a'changin' for the better or the worse,
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He's Searchin' for a shrine he's never found
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Never knowin' if believin' is a blessin' or a curse,
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Or if the goin' up was worse than comin' down
[Chorus]
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He's a poet, he's a picker
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He's a prophet, he's a pusher
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He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he's stoned
F C
He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction,
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Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home.
[Verse 2]
D
He has tasted good and evil in your bedrooms and your bars,
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And he's traded in tomorrow for today
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Runnin' from his devils, Lord, and reachin' for the stars,
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And losin' all he's loved along the way
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But if this world keeps right on turnin' for the better or the worse,
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And all he ever gets is older and around
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From the rockin' of the cradle to the rollin' of the hearse,
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The goin' up was worth the comin' down
[Chorus]
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He's a poet, he's a picker
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He's a prophet, he's a pusher
A D
He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he's stoned--
G D
He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction,
A D
Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home.
A
There's a lotta wrong directions on that lonely way back home.
C
See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans,
F G7 C
Wearin' yesterday's misfortunes like a smile
F C Cmaj9/B Am
Once he had a future full of money, love, and dreams,
D7 D7 G
Which he spent like they was goin' outa style
C
And he keeps right on a'changin' for the better or the worse,
F G7 C
He's Searchin' for a shrine he's never found
F C
Never knowin' if believin' is a blessin' or a curse,
F G C
Or if the goin' up was worse than comin' down
[Chorus]
F
He's a poet, he's a picker
C
He's a prophet, he's a pusher
G C
He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he's stoned
F C
He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction,
G C
Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home.
[Verse 2]
D
He has tasted good and evil in your bedrooms and your bars,
G A7sus4 D
And he's traded in tomorrow for today
G D Bm
Runnin' from his devils, Lord, and reachin' for the stars,
E7 A
And losin' all he's loved along the way
D
But if this world keeps right on turnin' for the better or the worse,
G A D
And all he ever gets is older and around
G D
From the rockin' of the cradle to the rollin' of the hearse,
G A D
The goin' up was worth the comin' down
[Chorus]
G
He's a poet, he's a picker
D
He's a prophet, he's a pusher
A D
He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he's stoned--
G D
He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction,
A D
Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home.
A
There's a lotta wrong directions on that lonely way back home.
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