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Garrett Owen

by Garrett Owen

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1.
Sad Eyed Son 02:20
VERSE When you woke up and I could not be found You woke up, I was out and around You know I took my bike out to the edge of our place Rode it off a ledge and nearly broke face Cracked my arm in 2 places, broke my nose now what a face you see What a face you see Everybody’s gotta story to tell I’m no different boy, can’tcha tell I’m a sad-eyed son with rocks in my pocket Waiting for the moment I could throw ‘em like a rocket… Well I I threw down upon that hornet’s nest I felt poison sinkin’ in my chest CHORUS It’s a real bad way to make your mama cry mercy It’s a real bad way to make your daddy holla hurry On a sad-eyed son who said nothin’ can be done I know the past is over while the future’s come and gone VERSE Am I good as I could get, am I low as I could go Everybody’s talkin’ don’t ya, don’t ya, don’t ya know You say nobody’s got it quite like me Can’t hear ya bitcin’ while you’re hangin’ from a tree I’ll light a fire to your pretty red hair Am I am man now on behalf of your despair CHORUS It’s a real bad way….
2.
VERSE Carry me I’m a bag of broken bones Ready to burst at the seams Wear me like a necklace on my way back home Talk to me in my midnight dreams Under the street light where she was starbright Had me wishin’ I could break the curse Oh how she lingered, I barely believe her I ain’t alive in the way I used to be More like a shell of my past But I’m breeahin’ in the redemption when you kiss my lips Try not to make it my last They say you’ve got it out for me But long as you love At least it’s where I been hurt before Never could I tell my friends that I love ya A little late for backin’ out anymore Now there’s rain in my coffee and mud in my shoes But I ain’t been this clean as long as I’ve known you Ya touch me from the dirty sides of places I go You’re face wears a mask but it’s covered in snow I’d lose you if I could but I’ll always know, I’ll always know….
3.
VERSE I’m growing tired of the way we never speak I’m growing tired of the way we never sleep Why don’t stare at ourselves in dirty mirrors One way to avoid my reflection getting clearer You come home late enough to only say good night Stick around long enough to only say good bye CHORUS You got a razor blade family I got a shotgun story We got what we call sadness But it ain’t sad enough VERSE Bleu walls and black stares The psych ward loves me too You can’t learn, it’s late I already had you CHORUS (2 times)
4.
Mama Cries 03:26
VERSE Mama cries I seldom wonder why Funny how regrets you have just never seem to die Daddy screams when woken from a dream Funny how what once you loved would never leave you be CHORUS Oh my Lord I’ll never learn to cry A sadder song could never pry the tears out of my ears Oh my Lord I’ll never learn to love You walk so far to live so low You never rise above VERSE Sister prays for a savior to arrive To take her to a place where no one fights and no one lies Brother runs to an angel in the clouds He swears he felt the breath of love and cried with a sound CHORUS
5.
Distance 03:31
VERSE At 5 foot 1 I thought you’d be some harmless fun But you still know how to break a heart I saw it through When I thought to get away from you But in my head you won’t get gone CHORUS If distance makes the heart grow fonder, Then why do I still hate you? If distance makes the heart grow fonder, Then why do I still hate you? VERSE Hypnotherapy It wouldn’t work on me The doctor woke up and guess who I see I threw away all of my clothes from when I knew you There’s somethin’ wrong with my nose cuz I still smell you CHORUS
6.
VERSE You like to bark I like to bite Nobody see it when we fight all night Wake up with bruises Go to work angry Come back home lookn’ awful mangy You say I’m crazy If I could sing Would I sing like a bird Like somethin’ inside just had to be heard Is it a sad song Am I a sad song CHORUS You caught me by surprise You hang in the air Like somethin’ that died You caught me by surprise I’m fallin’ in love with ghosts in my mind VERSE You think I would cry If only you woujld die I think I would laugh and then I’d gladly get high Am I this wounded Am I this wounded Am I an island that no one can touch Am I a dog that likes to bite too much Am I an island? Am I an island? CHORUS
7.
Good Enough 02:40
VERSE In my mind there’s make believe Never time for the truth Ya know I’d rather be dreamin’ Than have to live like you Always Always stressin’ about the small stuff Always runnin’ ya mouth How you’ll never be good enough No you’ll never be good enough If you keep talkin’ like that Convincin’ yourself you’re all bad Than no you’ll never be good enough I’m a fool for a sad girl I’m a sucker for your sad lines Never one to let you cry alone Now I’m alone all the time And always Always findin’ myself in the wrong love Always runnin’ my mouth How I’ll never be good enough No I’ll never be good enough If I keep acting like this Just giving myself a long list Of how I’ll never be good enough
8.
Rose Hill 02:59
I took a walk down to Rose Hill I used to get there To not feel so ill Hidin’ by the shade tree Can’t help but regret I’m comin’ up clean With Mary Ann’s angels over me Your daddy told me that you’re not comin’ back He let the hammer fall on what I lack Stick around to hold my hand Plant a rose in January Anne Marie Anne Marie He gave her flowers Every April, May, and June In her final hours She keeps a photograph so true Was taken in 1952 When they were in love with no one new Though my eyes may read your silent conversation So serenely do you say Cryin’ on about somethin’ somethin’ The score remaining nothin’ nothin’ I guess losers can’t be chosers A cemetery breeze is blowin’ through these post oak trees I still keep a photograph of a love that rang so true Twas taken in 1952 When they were in love with no one new I’ll go runnin’ in my bare feet Would you be attracted or merely distracted Anne Marie….
9.
VERSE You told me you was scarred enough Told me you was marred enough Told me you was hard enough To never see light Told me you’d cried enough Told me you’d lied enough Told me you’d died enough To fill up a life CHORUS It ain’t easy child Pickin’ up after the blast It ain’t easy child Walkin’ right out of the past It ain’t easy child But you’re too hard to try VERSE You say I ain’t scarred enough Say I ain’t marred enough Say I ain’t hard enough To really understand You say I ain’t cried enough You say I ain’t lied enough You say I ain’t died enough To really be your man CHORUS
10.
VERSE My walls are covered with pictures of the scene Take my heart in exhibit #3 There’s crime scene tape and a chalk outline of me Been collecting all the old papers Hoping to find Some new evidence each time But you left no trace at the scene of the crime My grand obsession Keeps me in a living hell I’ve been drinking poison straight from the well To think back now I always knew But just like they say The first to notice Can be the last to admit CHORUS I been runnin’ back to the scene of the crime There’s nothin’ left here but loneliness and time And like a burned out detective I been wastin’ all of mine Just lookin’ for clues at the scene of the crime VERSE One final act Exhibit #1 My life’s a movie I can only rewind Sad reminders like your hand next to mine You land a shot out of nowhere Right through the heart All the while, saving face And leaving no trace CHORUS I been runnin’ back to the scene of the crime There’s nothin’ left here but loneliness and time And like a burned out detective I been wastin’ all of mine Just lookin’ for clues at the scene of the crime
11.
VERSE I’m turning my lights off I’m settin’ down in the dark I’m burnin’ my brain down But I’m not sure where to start You know I’d rather be lost Than ever be found Wanting, needing, and bleeding So I’m heading underground I don’t much need a place in the light I haven’t earned the right. CHORUS So good luck, and good night Good luck, in my fight Good luck, and good night VERSE Good bye you post oak trees You could learn to be alone like me Goodbye North Texas wind All you ever done is chill my bones I’d rather be lost in the eye Or tossed in the sea Wanting, needing, and bleeding Praying for the dogs of peace I want it back! My place in the light You haven’t earned the right CHORUS

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released June 1, 2020

Music performed by Garrett Owen, Taylor Tatsch, and Jaimee Harris.

Recorded at AudioStyles. Dripping Springs, TX.

All songs © ℗ Garrett Owen (ASCAP). All Rights Reserved.

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Garrett Owen Fort Worth, Texas

Born in San Antonio, Texas. Raised in Africa and South America. Now residing in Fort Worth, Texas.

2018 Telluride Bluegrass Festival Troubadour Contest winner and nominated for 4 Dallas Music Awards (2017).

New album Fall 2020.
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