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The Downward Road

from The New Faith by Jake Blount

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lyrics

Now look at our old wicked fathers,
Thought they were doin’ mighty well
But when they come to find out
They done made up a bed in hell

Now the downward road is
Crowded, crowded, crowded
Crowded, Lord, believe it’s so
Crowded, crowded, crowded
Crowded, Lord, believe it’s so

Gather round, gather round,
Lo, I’ve seen what the trickster hid!
Hear the sound of a king tryna get it
The water rising, surrounding everybody that’s in it
And little Silas wanna come home
All he got is a cot that he drum on
Whole family poor, he was taught not to run from it
When you come from it
And the king ain’t never alone,
A feeling Silas thought that he never would know
The king mean, said he homegrown
That his upbringing showed him it all, it’s nothing he don’t know
The water rose, but he a old soul
He feel like he seen everything
He been outside like a evergreen
As for Silas, he just want a chance
The king got the means to, but he don’t wanna ask
Silas got over and took over, the same king in the story
Still running from his past

Now look at my old grasping ruler,
Thought he was doin’ mighty well
But when he come to find out
He done made up a bed in hell

Well the downward road is
Crowded, crowded, crowded
Crowded, Lord, believe it’s so
Crowded, crowded, crowded
Crowded, Lord, believe it’s so

Gather round, gather round,
Lo, I’ve seen what the trickster hid
In a town where a means to a end would amount to a piece of the pie
Joe and Louie like peas in a pod, they wanna even the odds
They heard about the water rising
Made a plan to take advantage, had to enterprise it
Saw an opportunity, Louie was set, as soon as Joey said “it’s a bet.”
We can sell a boat, and can sell a boatload more for sure
If we never settle the debt, lo and behold and nevertheless,
The water rose
Probably shoulda known the quickest thing that would sink
The irony is, is probably a pot of gold
By the end the means made the man, the sin, the pain,
When it’s too late to do what you can
Ain’t no making amends, the king know
He bought one of them boats, too, the king though

Now look at us, my wicked brothers
We think we’re doing mighty well,
But when we come to find out
We done made up a bed in

Children, the downward road is
Crowded, crowded, crowded
Crowded, Lord, believe it’s so
Crowded, crowded, crowded
Crowded, Lord, believe it’s so

Crowded, crowded, crowded
Crowded, Lord, believe it’s so
Crowded, crowded, crowded
Crowded, Lord, believe it’s so

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from The New Faith, released September 23, 2022

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Jake Blount Providence, Rhode Island

Jake Blount is an award-winning banjoist, fiddler, singer and scholar. He has studied with modern masters of old-time music, including Bruce Molsky, Judy Hyman (of the Horse Flies), and Rhiannon Giddens and Hubby Jenkins (of the GRAMMY-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops). Although he is proficient in multiple old-time styles, he specializes in the music of Black and Native American communities. ... more

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