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Josh Preston

by Josh Preston

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1.
When your burden is heavy and your bones are weak Come sit awhile and talk with me I'll be around I'll be around When that spark in your eye has lost its fire And a little warmth is all you require I'll be around I'll be around Can't escape your troubles even when you're alone Feels like everyone you knew don't even know you no more When they make that extra effort to keep you down I'll be around Everyone behind you took your place in line What makes it worse, they did it one at a time When the rope you used to walk on just keeps you bound I'll be around Something bad is coming, his friends are too And your deal with the devil has been approved I'll be around I'll be around Running straight into trouble, with the hounds at your back If the river should kill you or throw them off your track I'll be around I'll be around
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Been So Low 03:42
Pulled into town on a ship of fools I knew the captain and some of the crew Real nice people, not a thing to lose Fractured bones and broke down vans There's been yet another drastic change in plans I quit the farm and I sold the band Everybody's got an angle Now the corners are blocking the sky Been so low for so long It's about time I got high Horace said, "you gotta seize the day" But they all seize me and sneak away Poets and lawyers still pull the strings The best of us are drawn to sin Must be the righteous folks to blame for the shape we're in Let's all double down and go around again Everybody's got a story For why they're selling me their alibi Been so low for so long It's about time I got high Got so many bridges yet to burn I'll be buying matches with my very last dime I've been so low for so long It's about time I got high
3.
The human condition We try to jot it all down People kept good notes in Cairo now they're somewhere underground We built machines to find them, someday they'll get buried too The human condition At least there's always something to do The human condition Starring up at the stars Intelligent life was swinging by but they froze to death on Mars We sent an ATV with a pail and a shovel but the tires sunk into The human condition Will leave a little dirt on your shoes The human condition Merging in where it can A wave's not really a wave when it's just a finger in the middle of their hand It’s not a friendly gesture, but their point will stick like glue The human condition Man, what’s happening to you? The human condition Could use a dollar or two What's passed off as success, is just a bigger cage in the very same zoo Money sits next to a french fry on the floorboards of a car that is otherwise clean The human condition Ain't nothing for free The human condition The birds and the bees You're either humming around or getting stung, there's not much in between When the person you love loves you back, you better hold on with both feet The human condition Ain’t life sweet The human condition Let's go get something to eat
4.
Jesus plus water equals BYOB Muhammad's not allowed to have his own ID So Buddha suggested they all transcend to his place Joseph Smith made up all the drinking games L. Ron Hubbard passed out and woke up in outer space Ganesh ate all the beer nuts and kept checking his phone all night Kumbaya my lord, Kumbaya Oh my sweet lord, Kumbaya Zeus and the Pharos felt a little out of place Eric Clapton never took his guitar out of the case Confucius snapped pictures, they ended up on TMZ For a holy group, they were awkward as hell But left uninterrupted by mortals they got along pretty well And that's the story of the evening the world was filled with love And that's the story of the evening the world was filled with love
5.
I had a job that almost paid the bills It was completely deprived of excitement and thrills But there was this one time, the copier caught on fire I extended a pause before I put it out Enough time for the cubicle jockeys to shout Grab some water you asshole or we're all gonna die You asked what I've been doing with my time I'm just pissin’ away the best years of my life Took a little time off to grow my hair Which has diminished all my chances of becoming the mayor Coupled with the fact, my papers were improperly filed Do with that information what you will It's too hard to roll a boulder up a big ol' hill Just tuck it in your pocket or roll it 'round the other side You asked what I've been doing with my time I'm just pissin’ away the best years of my life We spend a mountain of minutes over many days Worried about nothing just for something to say But nobody needs those noisy neighbors in the back of their mind You only ever get a satisfaction guarantee When your pizza is late, might get the next one for free So ignore all your troubles and almost everything should work out fine
6.
Most days, I wake up already fighting Regret and pills make up my mind I was left at the alter again by Aphrodite Her folks and me never did see eye to eye There's no good use in feeling sorry Got a longing to feel sorry just the same The hardest thing in life is trying not rush it The second hardest thing is just staying in the game All I can do is put a whole lot of nothing together Just pawned off my very last thing to lose The shine on your shoes comes off in just a little bit of weather Even the luckiest of losers get the blues Lay down your tired, your sick and your hungry And hope that something better comes along Every tick of the clock feels like midnight on a Sunday And it’s settling in that no one’s gonna call The progress of man is unforgiving So we pile on a bus and try to make our way back home This far in, there's one thing I'll always know for certain I'm gonna feel like a child in the land of the fully grown I’m gonna feel like a child in the land of the fully grown
7.
When the Internet goes out, I wonder if it's the last time? We were starting to hit our stride Buying groceries from home We're gonna have to reconsider what's on the inside A narcissistic riptide Almost carried us away Remember just how great we used to smell? Is this way gonna be better, it's just too soon to tell We used to see the world, through the limits of a small screen Couldn't concentrate on anything Wanna go ride bikes? All that information floating around must've just got tired Of the air and the wires And went and hid underground Pined away for things we didn’t need And forgot the parts that made us people, now we live inside machines Just before the end of the world, I’m on hold with the help line Kept pressing the pound sign Your account number please? Is there anything else I can help you with at this time? Thank you for your business and goodbye Let's go ride bikes
8.
If you break my heart, I'll break your neck When we run out of cash, I'll forge a check If that check decides to bounce We'll store our things at momma's house If you break my heart, I'll break your neck Not sure what to do with all your kids I'll try to raise 'em like my daddy did By staying drunk all the time At least until the sun would shine Not sure what to do with all your kids The cops are on the front porch once again Things just get completely out of hand The upstairs neighbors would love to sleep They've been pounding on the floor all week The cops are on the front porch once again Was it so hard for you to take a test? Without bringing Maury Povich in this mess? People saw me at dinner time Learning it was your cousin's - it wasn't mine. Was it so hard for you to take a test? If you break my heart, I'll break your neck It was obvious from space this train would wreck We've come real close to acting out These here white trash wedding vows: If you break my heart, I'll break your neck I do

about

Over the past few years, you could find Josh Preston playing with a number of bands (The Mables, Daphne & The Mystery Machines, Adam Burrows, Tumbleweed Company) around Nashville on any given night of the week.

It was this submersion in Music City’s stylistic stew of rock, pop, funk, blues and Americana that transformed his guitar playing and personalized his approach to songwriting.

The experiences and observations gathered during this time have embedded themselves on his new, self-titled release.

Backed by musicians with a deep connection to the musical roots of rock and soul, these well-crafted songs dance from heartfelt to humorous and shine a spotlight on who he's become as an artist.

Josh Preston's self-titled release is an honest reflection on both his social status and the status quo.

credits

released July 22, 2016

Josh Preston - Vocals, Electric Guitar
Jess Perkins - Pedal Steel, Electric Bass
John Wood - Drums, Percussion
Jeff Adamczyk - Organ, Piano, Rhodes, Wurlitzer
Georgia English - Vocals on “The Human Condition”,
“Best Years of My Life”, “White Trash Wedding Vows”
Becca Heeney - Vocals on “I’ll Be Around”
Adam Burrows - Acoustic Guitar on “When The Internet Goes Out”

All songs written by Josh Preston
All songs published by Me and the Machine Music (BMI)
Recorded at MATM Studios, Nashville, TN
Engineered by Josh Preston
Mixed by Josh Preston and Kevin Harper
Mastered by Adam Grover at Georgetown Masters, Nashville, TN
Photos by Valarie Preston (Josh’s Mom)
Art design and beards by Lisa Reed Preston

Dedicated to Al Bunetta and Gary Osborne

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Josh Preston Nashville, Tennessee

It was a submersion in Music City’s stylistic stew of rock, funk, blues and Americana that transformed Josh Preston’s live performance and personalized his approach to songwriting. Whether playing with only his electric guitar or with his band, Josh provides audiences with an energetic interpretation of his well-crafted, humorous and heartfelt songs. ... more

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