Biography:
Catherine Tift Merritt (born January 8, 1975, in Houston, Texas, but moved to Raleigh, North Carolina soon after) is a critically acclaimed American singer-songwriter, musician. She is currently based in New York.
Merritt's father taught her guitar chords and Percy Sledge songs. She began her professional career in 1998 with her band The Carbines playing small clubs. In her early twenties, though Tift had gigged by herself, she decided she was not very good at music and better suited for writing short stories.
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Other songs:
- Aint Looking Closely
- All The Reasons We Dont Have To Fight
- Another Country
- Bird Of Freedom
- Broken
- Diamond Shoes
- Drifted Apart
- Eastern Light
- Engine To Turn
- Feel Of The World
- Feeling Of Beauty
- Good Hearted Man
- Hopes Too High
- I Am Your Tambourine
- I Know Him Too
- I Know What Im Looking For Now
- Keep You Happy
- Laid A Highway
- Late Night Pilgrim
- Little Birds
- Live Till You Die
- Mixtape
- Morning Is My Destination
- My Heart Is Free
- Never Talk About It
- Plainest Thing
- See You On The Moon
- Shadow In The Way
- Six More Days Of Rain
- Small Talk Relations
- Something To Me
- Still Not Home
- Still Pretending
- Stray Paper
- Sunday
- Supposed To Make You Happy
- Sweet Spot
- Tender Branch
- Too Soon To Go
- Traveling Alone
- Trouble Over Me
- Virginia No One Can Warn You
- Wait It Out
- Write My Ticket
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Tift Merritt - Laid A Highway
INTRO: G D C G
D
This was a town took care of it's own
C
That's what me and my children have known
G
I worked the mill the way my parents did
Bm
I remember this town when I was a kid
C
Sitting through the movies twice
G
Open windows late at night
D
Slipping out in the summer heat
C
To meet John Miller in the middle of the street
CHORUS:
G
They laid a highway a few years back
D
Next town over by the railroad track
C
Some nights, I'm glad it passed us by
G D C G
Some nights, I sit and watch my hometown die
D
'55 when the mill burned down
C
I wasn't much past a pretty young gal
G
The boss lit a match in the oily night
Cops never had enough to set it right
Bm
So while the company traded with our lives
C G
We were busy watching that slow moon rise
D
Dancing on the high grass ridge
C
Making love down by the Cedar County Bridge
CHORUS:
G
They laid a highway a few years back
D
Next town over by the railroad track
C
Some nights, I'm glad it passed us by
G D C G
Some nights, I sit and watch my hometown die
INSTRUMENTAL: G D C G D C G
D
They never came to tear that old place down
C
They roped it off, but you can walk around
G
See the rust on the painted doors
Bm
Watch the rain fall through the burned out floors
C
This was a town took care of it's own
G
This was a town doing fine all alone
The mill got out a quarter to five
D C
You could eat supper with any family you liked
CHORUS:
G
They laid a highway a few years back
D
Next town over by the railroad track
C
Some nights, I'm glad it passed us by
G D C
Some nights, I sit and watch this little town die__, die__
OUTRO: G D C G D C G
INTRO: G D C G
D
This was a town took care of it's own
C
That's what me and my children have known
G
I worked the mill the way my parents did
Bm
I remember this town when I was a kid
C
Sitting through the movies twice
G
Open windows late at night
D
Slipping out in the summer heat
C
To meet John Miller in the middle of the street
CHORUS:
G
They laid a highway a few years back
D
Next town over by the railroad track
C
Some nights, I'm glad it passed us by
G D C G
Some nights, I sit and watch my hometown die
D
'55 when the mill burned down
C
I wasn't much past a pretty young gal
G
The boss lit a match in the oily night
Cops never had enough to set it right
Bm
So while the company traded with our lives
C G
We were busy watching that slow moon rise
D
Dancing on the high grass ridge
C
Making love down by the Cedar County Bridge
CHORUS:
G
They laid a highway a few years back
D
Next town over by the railroad track
C
Some nights, I'm glad it passed us by
G D C G
Some nights, I sit and watch my hometown die
INSTRUMENTAL: G D C G D C G
D
They never came to tear that old place down
C
They roped it off, but you can walk around
G
See the rust on the painted doors
Bm
Watch the rain fall through the burned out floors
C
This was a town took care of it's own
G
This was a town doing fine all alone
The mill got out a quarter to five
D C
You could eat supper with any family you liked
CHORUS:
G
They laid a highway a few years back
D
Next town over by the railroad track
C
Some nights, I'm glad it passed us by
G D C
Some nights, I sit and watch this little town die__, die__
OUTRO: G D C G D C G
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