2019 mix.
Buck Wilburn– acoustic lead, lap steel, harmony vocal
Larry Goguen- high harmony vocal
David Partridge- Acoustic guitar, keys, lead vocal
Mixed in Nova Scotia
MY TIME IN THE LIGHT
Tell the truth and don’t pause to disguise it,
Very few will even recognize it,
Plain unvarnished doesn’t catch the eye or
Draw the crowd that loves the shiny lie more.
Chorus:
I’ve been chosen and I have been discarded,
Dragged out of and turned back into the night.
But when I land back on the pavement where I started,
I’ve brought back something from my time in the light.
Turn around and though you may regret it,
Very few have managed to forget it,
So pack it up, you have to take it with you,
This new scar where someone used to kiss you.
Repeat Chorus
We’ve sustained some damage, a face or a hand or a heart.
But where the aching will end, a wisdom will start.
So tell the truth and don’t you dare disguise it.
Or soon you’ll lie and fail to recognize it.
Small reminders of the ones you don’t win,
Are bumps and pools upon a highway of skin.
Repeat Chorus
Ridges and curves of random design.
You show me yours and I’ll show you mine.
