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Not the Love You Wanted

by Mill Town Rounders

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1.
Rocky Ground 03:17
Sometimes I feel like the rocky ground A pebble strewn valley and no rain coming down Some fall on peat and some fall on loam When I fall I just fall alone You plant your seeds and you hope it grow Pick the weeds and you tend your row Clouds gather to the lowering round Come the rains to soak the ground And it feels like Rocky Ground Not a soul, no one around Yeah, it feels like Rocky Ground Not a soul to make a sound Prodigal Son ain’t got nothing on me He came home, I just turned to flee Far away to a foreign land Try to escape my father’s hand Sometimes six-pence is more than it’s worth Come the vultures to plague the earth Some fell on thorns or were choked in rust Others to the wayside to be trampled to dust And it feels like Rocky Ground Not a soul, no one around Yeah, it feels like Rocky Ground Not a soul to make a sound He who has ears let him heed this song As for me, now it won’t be long I can hear angels from up above Calling me in on the wings of a dove Saint Jacob, he told me true Ladder goes up but it comes down too
2.
What else was there to do here in this tired old mill town, With all the work dried up, the factory shut down? So we huddle up in alley ways -- and pass the bottle round I tied one on so hard that night so I might not be found, But the sirens woke me when the cops were circling round. We thought the house was vacant -- so we burned it to the ground. And I know that there’s a reason for the company I keep; One that might explain just why my trouble runs so deep. The judge said if I’m real, real good I’ll make it out just fine, But I know I’m meant to rot here for my crimes Until the end of time. I swear I loved you ever since the day that first we met Your eyes, your walk, your smile, haven’t seen no rival yet. Now I lie alone in bed and wonder -- when will I forget? I do not care to sleep or eat, and I’m falling into debt Whiskey shrouds my desperation; gambling quells regret, But the more I think of you and him -- the angrier I get. And I know that there’s a reason why I’m penniless here still; Would, could, should move on, but I guess I never will ‘Cause there’s still this voice a-teasin’ at the corner of my mind From when you made a promise to be mine Until the end of time. I see it clearly every time I close my eyes I see another restless night that runs into sunrise Another knock-down, dragout fight -- where no one gets the prize. Now you live alone with just a closet full of ties And your ghost lingers here like the whisper of a lie I look into the mirror -- where it’s me that I despise. And I know that there’s a reason after all is said and done, But damned if I can see it through the battles lost and won. This war is out of season, out of taste and out of line Yet here we stand so boldly misaligned Until the end of time. Until the end of time. Until the end of time.
3.
Half Empty 04:06
I see your cup It runneth over You see your cup And say it's dry You spend your days Trying to be angry Now you're alone And you ask why If you would only Stop to consider The world won't end If you aren't right Accept your role And just surrender We'll all come back To you in kind You're not the one Who's meant for me You're not the one To be my friend Cause it don't matter Half full or empty It's all just poison In the end If I explained You wouldn't listen If i told you Who’s to blame It isn't him Or them or me That brought you to this place I want to say It doesn't matter This hasn't changed What's in my heart But what we had I think it's gone now Where to find it Where to start You're not the one Who's meant for me You're not the one To be my friend Cause it don't matter Half full or empty It's all just poison In the end
4.
The Devil lies with a whiskey tongue He knows what you like He might try to get you some But when you take it, the price is way too high The Devil’s gonna own on the day you die I was a young man, I knew my way around Fresh off the broadway The biggest man in town The devil came to me and offered me just one sip It was an eternity of pain running through my virgin lips He promised me women, good fortune, and fame He said my young life would never be the same He said my church days were a thing of the past He promised a lifetime of good things to last I never knew I’d pay him, never knew it’s true Don’t know what I’m gonna do when that bill comes due The first bottle was lucky, Made me feel twenty feet tall The second bottle boosted that, It was better than them all The third through the last were pretty much like the rest It’s been ten years now, I’d say I passed the test I’m living on the skid row, What’s good is all behind The devil promised me the moon But just gave me moonshine I know what’s waiting and I know what’s left to come Pass me that bottle, I’m drunk but I ain’t dumb When the devil comes to you and offers you a sip Says I know what you like and let us take a little trip Tell him to get thee gone, Satan, I’ve heard what he sung Because the Devil lies with a whiskey tongue credits
5.
You set off from home at twilight Kiss the missus goodnight Tell the baby maybe this will be the last fight But you know - oh - oh -oh -oh It won’t. The club is in the city The traffic it ain’t pretty And the A.M. preacher’s preaching the same sermon you heard last week About them who love the lord and them who don’t. They say when you look back at all the pain you’re just a pillar of salt. So keep on driving down the highway to forget It’s not your fault. The place is barely half full With drunks drinking that same swill They’ve been serving here since you were back in high school And first put on your gloves and stepped into the ring You’re going up in twenty The house is getting plenty Of action against a guy who might be close to seventy He’s swaying up there now Like he’s about to sing They say when you look back at all the pain you’re just a pillar of salt. So keep your hands up and keep moving to forget It’s not your fault. You’re sitting in your corner A solitary mourner The fight’s over you couldn’t look any forlorn-er With one eye closed and a cut across your cheek. But you got what you’ve been missing Can’t be filled with drugs or kissing A hole so deep it’s like well where kids go missing That place you know by heart but will not speak. They say when you look back at all the pain you’re just a pillar of salt. So keep on whistling past the well till you forget It’s not your fault. They say when you look back at all the pain you’re just a pillar of salt. So you keep fighting everybody to forget It’s not your fault Yes you keep fighting everybody to forget It’s not your fault.
6.
I'm feeling melancholy and a lonely kind of yearning It's only Tuesday and my obligations are burning This middle age don't suit me, just ain't my cup of tea My clothes don't fit me right. Who's in that mirror? She ain't me. Now here you come You want loving from me These arms are cold and the well is dry I can see on your face You want something for free You say, "Babe its ok," but I know it's a lie Pay day's on the way but the money's already spent The gas man is calling and I don't have no rent This rainy day don't hurt me, just another grind My friends don't try to right me. Why even bother, I don't mind Now here you come You want loving from me These arms are cold and the well is dry I can see on your face You want something for free You say, "Babe its ok," but I know it's a lie
7.
I met you on a Saturday night The harvest moon was shining down with a fiery light I saw in your face the shadow of a place Where I knew that I’d be all right. So I followed you into the bar But I could plainly see from even far away You were not alone, a man was talking on a phone With his other arm wrapped around your waist. You should have been mine You should have been mine So I vowed to find A way to make you mine I waited for my chance to swoop right in For I could see down in your heart that you were just not into him So when he turned his back, I moved before you could react And asked if you would like to dance with me right then. You seemed a little scared to take my hand But I lead you to the dance floor knowing you would understand That when the band kicked in, and that chorus came around again We’d be the only people in the land. You would have been mine You would have been mine Until the end of time You would have been mine Before too long the moment had to end The music stopped and I turned around to face your angry boyfriend In his fist there was a knife, “Get your hands off of my wife,” he cried And I turned back round and ran into the night. A while later I looked back through the door To see you dancing with your man: it made my poor old heart feel sore. But please forgive me lord, I slashed the tires on his Ford And I felt a little better than I had before. Yeah, I felt a whole lot better than I had before. You should have been mine You should have been mine Until the end of time You should have been mine
8.
Bad News 03:34
I am just a poor boy From Lonesome, Tennessee Working on the steamer When the sheriff come to me Pulled out his pistol For all to see Bad news for me Bad news for me I have got a liquor still Tucked up in the glen Sheriff took his horses And fifteen men Tore down the siphon And he burned up the pen Bad news for me Bad news for me Sheriff said ten days Judge he gave me twenty Bound to spend it down in the Galley That was 15 days ago Now I’ve just got five Bad news for me Bad news for me Oh, bad news, bad news trouble’s all I find Sometimes it seems it’s all’s against me When I need it to be good Seems all I can find is Bad news for me Bad news for me Daddy was a rounder Momma knew him well She knew about the whiskey She found out the still It made her angry bad enough to kill Bad news for me Bad news for me The mill it closed up Jobs they all left town Only money to be made is the whiskey boiling down All I have’s in the glen that the sheriff’s done burned down Bad news for me Bad news for me Momma says it serves me right There’s no way around (it) Bound to end up just like my daddy That was 15 years ago Now I’m all alone [But that’s just too much for me to a bide] Oh, bad news, bad news trouble’s all I find Sometimes it seems it’s alls against me When I need it to be good Seems all I can find is Bad news for me Bad news for me Bad news for me Bad news for me
9.
I took a solo ride on a see saw I got nowhere to go but down I’m sitting here just killing time Hoping that you’ll come around You come around Don’t you feel it like I do You’re making up the rules As you go along I can’t play your crazy game It’s me you always blame When you get it wrong Oh I won’t be the keeper of this sorrow anymore Gonna put it in the box and shut that mighty door No I won't be the owner of this anger and despair Gonna throw it in the wind and leave it everywhere I took a solo ride on a see saw I got nowhere to go but down I’m sitting here just killing time Hoping that you’ll come around You come around I won’t trade your venom for your poison anymore Gonna draw it from my blood and spit it on the floor Won’t beg you to forgive me l ain’t done nothin’ wrong Gonna cast you out onto the street where you belong I took a solo ride on a see saw I got nowhere to go but down I’m sitting here just killing time Hoping that you’ll come around You come around
10.
Put my heartache in a lead lined box Lower it into the cold, cold ground Say words of comfort as it goes down And never more think of me I remember what it felt to be loved by you I remember what it meant to have something true I had a love so fine and fair With emerald eyes and cold black hair She loved me truly, said she cared But now she's gone and I'm still here I remember what it felt to be loved by you I remember what it meant to have something true We were young and we were poor I worked the land till I was sore I wanted her, she wanted more Now she's gone, walked out the door Put my heartache in a lead lined box Lower it into the cold, cold ground Say words of comfort as it goes down And never more think of me

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All songs written by Mill Town Rounders © 2018
Engineered and mixed by Alex Allinson
Mastered by Janos Fulop

Recorded at the Bridge Sound & Stage, Cambridge MA.

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released May 13, 2018

Artwork by Abner Cavalcanti

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The Mill Town Rounders play acoustic rock, bluegrass, and Americana throughout Massachusetts. Drivin' (2023) is the band's second album of originals and features songs about journeys big and small.

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