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Smoke Ring Halo

by The Wood Brothers

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1.
Mary Anna 03:27
of the two of us i know i've been the fool right from the start every other day i fumble for the light switch to your heart but lately i been thinkin you're gettin mighty cold and if it ain't the switch honey well it just might be the bulb oh won't you cut on the lights Mary Anna won't you cut on that midnight sun won't you cut on the lights Mary Anna i can't wait for the mornin the mornin to come of the two of us i know you've got the looks and all the charm every other day i'm humbled just to hold you in my arms but lately i been thinkin you might not give a damn and i don't want to be somebody's every other day man CHORUS you been puttin me on like your makeup this love in the dark well it's wrong honey i'm fixin to wake up 'cause i like my lovin with the light on CHORUS
2.
Shoofly Pie 03:56
i'm gonna give you the wheel i'm gonna let you drive but you gotta make me some shoofly pie you gotta make me a shoofly pie dont forget the sweet molasses 'cause i won't leave a crumb dont you just sit there laughin when you know how bad i need some you know how bad i need some of that shoofly pie/ shoofly pie/ shoofly pie you can make it for me in the morning i like it if it's hot or cold make it for me in the evening baby when the sun is gold i like it in the evening when the sun is gold you can make it when the house note's late if you give it to me right on time i'll take it in the kitchen and the livin room, driveway i dont mind if the house is on fire dont care if the house is on fire just gimme that shoofly pie/ shoofly pie/ shoofly pie i may be full of biscuits and wine but i always have room for that shoofly i like it in the middle of the night under the stars and the moon i get so high on your everlovin pie i like it from june to june i like it from june to june well i must be blessed cause i had the best and i've seen the light comin through your dress and all my friends they understand why i would kick and cry and i wouldn't mind dyin for just another piece of that heavenly beautiful CHORUS
3.
Please pay attention to me was the last thing i heard 'fore i drifted to sleep children to tend to and a worryin' mind too much to do and not enough time I hate to be needy selfish and greedy please pay attention to me Please pay attention to me was last thing i heard comin out of my dream I got something to tell you when the sun has gone down if you don't listen I talk much too loud I hate to be needy selfish and greedy please pay attention to me won't you look my way I'm waving my arms and I'm calling your name there's too much to mention that grabs your attention please pay attention to me wish i could cut myself free why should i care if you listen to me children to tend to and a worryin mind too much to do and not enough time I hate to be needy selfish and greedy I hate to keep asking and beggin and pleadin I'm down on my knees under your window screaming please pay attention to me please pay attention to me please pay attention to me
4.
Stumbled In 04:46
you give me chills when you sing so sweet you make me feel it from my neck to my feet you get me sky high with chicken skin this must be heaven and i stumbled in i see your voice when i close my eyes it's a light shinin and it's shinin so bright i'm in the shadow of your snow white wings this must be heaven and i stumbled in i stumbled in i stumbled in i just found heaven with a touch of sin i couldn't feel any better you could knock me down with a feather cut me in half with a blade of grass this must be heaven and i hope it lasts i stumbled in i stumbled in i dont mind the neon and the smoke and your breath of gin 'cause i just found heaven with a touch of sin
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when i was young i didn't look at the clouds and hope for the rain when i was young i didn't think this life should ever bring me sorrow when i was young i thought someday everybody's gonna know my name when i was young the hardest work i had was waitin' for tomorrow when i was young i used to wake up early in the mornin' when i was young i could climb up a mountain no matter how tall when i was young i didn't listen to anybody's warnin' when i was young i could jump i wasn't afraid to fall now i'm grown and things are not exactly what they seem the older i get the less i know and the more i dream when i was young i didn't worry 'bout money in my pocket when i was young i didn't think i'd every need to buy a diamond ring when i was young i used to put my heart in a cage and lock it when i was young i could talk about love but i didn't know a thing now i'm grown and things are not exactly what they seem the bigger i get the smaller the world and the less it all means when i was young i used to say my prayers without the feelin" when i was young i didn't worry 'bout the things i couldn't understand when i was young i didn't know anything about hurtin' and healin" when i was young i guess i didn't believe i'd ever be a man now i'm grown and things are not exactly what they seem i think about God and wonder does he think about me
7.
The Shore 04:16
sometimes i go to the river just to watch it flow it ripples and it dances i don't know where it goes you brought me to the edge but i held you to the ground i thought i knew better then to let you in the water baby it's time to take your hand and leave behind what i know maybe it's time to follow you down to the river and let go of the shore once i thought i knew how everything should be i would damn up the river blinded by what i wanted to see CHORUS i tried to change you i didn't understand but now all i want to do is get down on my knees and thank you CHORUS
8.
Speakin' of lyin' well I told a few they say that's not what Jesus would do I been tempted red white and blue but you'll understand when your in my shoes I was just findin my way i don't believe i don't believe i'd'a made it up the mountain i don't believe i don't believe i'd'a climbed so high i don't believe i don't believe i'd'a made it up the mountain without the fire burnin' under my behind Speaking of bridges well I burned a few talk about cheatin' and bendin' some rules it might not sound like what a man should do but you'll understand when you're in my shoes I was just finding my way CHORUS Speaking of fallin and breakin in two talkin' bout love and i had a few but you keep on climbin to get to the truth you gotta burn a few holes in those shoes if you're gonna find your way CHORUS
9.
Rainbow 03:55
you come from nowhere you show me everything i never see you shine the light into the dark of the things that i believe you wake me up give me hope bring me piece when i'm asleep you see rainbows when i see rain isn't that strange don't make me wait for the rain don't make me wait for the rain you called an end to all the lies the secrets and the shame you said its only up to me to make a change and take the blame i wanna know how did you learn the rules and rise above the game CHORUS i cant wait for the next rainy day when you come wash my troubles away i don't mind the pain but i hate waiting CHORUS
10.
can't you hear your momma talkin' she told you to hush your rattlin' tongue sit down in your chair boy eat your supper and leave your brother alone i was once just like you i was green and blue my mother told my father one day how much she had loved her life with him then she rose up from her body and vanished in the blue and green of spring she was once just like me now she's gone into the blue and green blue and green blue and green you ain't lived 'til you seen the blue and green you should've seen my grandmother she was tough and strong as any man but she was sweet and gentle when she held you like the lover she used to have he was gone now so is she but they live on in the blue and green CHORUS keep on growin' up so fast and life'll hit you hard as you can take tell me all your troubles boy and i will try to take those troubles away you were once just like me we're all comin' from the blue and green CHORUS can't you hear your momma talkin' she told you to hush your rattlin' tongue

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On their third full-length album entitled "Smoke Ring Halo," The Wood Brothers refine their rich, spacious sound on songs like the rousing opener "Mary Anna," the back‐porch‐funky "Shoofly Pie," the gospel‐inflected "Made It Up the Mountain," and more. Also available on vinyl.

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released August 2, 2011

OLIVER WOOD / guitar, vocals
CHRIS WOOD / bass, vocals
TYLER GREENWELL / drums, percussion

Guests:
CLAY COOK / background vocals (tracks 1,2,5,7)
JOHN MEDESKI / organ (tracks 3,5,8)
WILL SCRUGGS / tenor and baritone sax (tracks 3,5,10)
MARCUS HENDERSON / alto sax (tracks 3,5)
WES FUNDERBERK / trombone (tracks 3,5,10)
JOE GRANSDEN / trumpet (tracks 3,5,10)
JOE MCGUINNESS / background vocals (tracks 4,8)
JIM SCOTT / flexitone (track 4)
DAVE ROTH / background vocals (track 8)
ZAC BROWN / background vocals (track 10)

Executive Producer: Zac Brown

Produced Engineered and mixed by Jim Scott at Plyrz Studios, Valencia, CA
Additional engineering by Kevin Dean
Overdub engineering by Danny Blume (New York), Clay Cook and Damien Lewis (Atlanta)
Mastered by Richard Dodd, Nashville, TN
Photography by John Crawford
Design by Colin Breaud

Zac Brown appears courtesy of Atlantic Records.

All songs by O. Wood & C. Wood (Royal Kook Music/Wood Sound Publishing BMI) except Shoofly Pie by O. Wood, C. Wood, B. Greenwell (Royal Kook Music BMI, Wood Sound Publishing BMI, X’s for Eyes ASCAP)

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Dubbed "masters of soulful folk" by Paste, The Wood Brothers formed after brothers Chris and Oliver Wood pursued separate musical careers for 15 years. With drummer Jano Rix added as a permanent third member, it's become quite clear that The Wood Brothers is indeed the main act. ... more

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