Ragamuffin

from Nightflower by Graham Wilkinson Music

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This is a new version of an old song. I wrote "Ragamuffin" in 2004 after my brother, Aaron, died. I first recorded it in 2005 up in NYC and then did a duet with my buddy Hayes Carll on the 2009 album Yearbook. I decided to release this bluegrass version for my little sister Sarah's birthday Nov 6th and my brother's bday on 11-8. This is essentially the first installment, with "Focus" being dropped on 11-11; the 10 year anniversary of its original release. "Nightflower"will be available on all platforms 11-21-21.

lyrics

I can't get it right
I'm breaking bottles all through the night
I can't get it right
I'm breaking bottles all through the night
These empty bottles are clouding my sight
Finding comfort in a worried song
That soon will be forgotten.

I got the police coming after me
They got their guns drawn aiming at me
I got the police coming after me
They got their guns drawn aiming at me
I got the police coming after me
Finding comfort in a worried song
That soon will be forgotten

Late at night
I hear your voice
And you call my name
He and I
She and them
Will never be the same x 2

Ain't no rest in this life of mine
Ain't no rest
I got second hand blues and a worried mind
Ain't no rest in this life of mine
Rejection blues in the iodine
Finding comfort in a worried song
That soon will be forgotten

Late at night
I hear your voice
And you call my name
He and I
She and them
Will never be the same x 2

credits

from Nightflower, track released November 1, 2021
Graham Wilkinson ~ vocals, guitar, banjo
Tony Kamel ~ backup vocals & lead guitar
Dom Fisher ~ backup vocals & upright bass
Noah Jeffries ~ mandolin & fiddle

Patrick Herzfeld ~ mixing & mastering engineer

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