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The Ballad of Sally Moore

by Jason Tyler Burton

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1.
I hope you felt the wind in your hair Your life all loaded up in my old car I hope you felt the weight leave your mind Running from where you’re from To a home you hoped you’d find And these days it seems all that I can do 
Is stare at these walls you painted blue I hope you got where you were going to 
I hope you didn’t have to go too far I hope you found a new family out there
 After watching your old one self destruct 
I hope all your prayers are answered soon 
A higher power not in a prescription
 Not in a needle or a spoon
 And these days I sit staring at the wall
 Where you left your magazine dreams I hope you got to see those mountains in the fall I hope you didn’t have to go too far

 And I feel like that old cartoon coyote 
Run right off the edge of a cliff
 Standing there in space He knows he’d already done what he did 
I feel like I’m stuck in that moment Staring at your trembling, swollen lip 
I am neither standing nor falling hard 
But knowing that I’d gone too far Oh why do I aways go too far And these days I think about how you got away
 As if there were no walls around this town
 I wish it were that easy for me babe I hope you didn't have to go too far
2.
She went south from Austin 
The beginning of the end Gonna start a new life in Marfa But first she wanted to see Big Bend
 She got about as far as San Marcos When her radiator blew And she abandoned that car and grabbed her stuff And said "here’s gonna have to do" And we watched her spin 
Out of control Nose dive down No tuck and roll And on her face Was a look of scorn And all the whiskey in the world wouldn’t keep her warm

 We heard rumors she was using And shacking up with college kids
 That she’d had a husband back in Austin And lost a baby boy to SIDS
 Despite all that she’d been handed She would dance like she didn’t care And as she came off the rails
 We couldn’t help but stare

 And we watched her spin 
Out of control Nose dive down No tuck and roll And on her face A look of scorn And all the whiskey in the world wouldn’t keep her warm Sometimes life has a way of getting loose Slips the reigns and bucks wild in the dirt And when the dust of a life it finally clears
 Only then can we see the heart beneath the hurt And we watched her spin
 Out of control Nose dive down No tuck and roll And on her face A look of scorn And all the whiskey in the world wouldn’t keep her warm
3.
Hey well, Sally was a loner She worked down at the general store 
That night she walked home by the river side And we ain’t seen nor have we heard from her no more But they dragged the river All that night But no body ever was found And every night that good folks lay down to sleep I’ll be awake Thinking about Sally Oh and Sally had a husband But he did not treat her kind And when she said she lost her baby Oh my lord 
I could see the reason in her eyes 
That look of fear and hate a girl just can’t hide But they dragged the river All that night But no body ever was found And every night when good folks lay down to sleep I’ll be awake Thinking about Sally Hey well Sally was a loner She worked down at the general store I fear she’s gone on home to Jesus
 Oh my friends 
I hope I get to see her face once more Tell me what's wrong with wanting Moore? But they dragged the river All that night But no body ever was found And every night when good folks lay down to sleep I’ll be awake Thinking about Sally

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The Ballad of Sally Moore is the unique 3-song project from singer songwriter Jason Tyler Burton. These three songs all tell the same tale, but from different points of view. Released in 2016, this was the first new material from Burton since his 2014 album Headwaters, which made many best-of-the-year lists. Working again with Dave Tate, who co-produced Headwaters, The Ballad of Sally Moore features Burton's voice and guitar, with electric guitars, piano, violin, organ, and other instruments creating layers of texture to help convey the raw emotion of the songs.

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released November 27, 2015

Produced, Recorded, and Mixed by Dave Tate
at Red Earth Recording Studios in Springdale, UT
Mastered by Kendal Osborne at The Closet Studios
Jason Tyler Burton - guitar, vocals, violin
Dave Tate - electric guitar, bass, percussion, piano, organ
Cover photo by Katie Bell

Thanks to: Jenn, Dave Tate and family, The Lodgepole folk, Birdy Sheehan, Terry Hill, and Murder Ballad Mondays.

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Jason Tyler Burton is a recluse from Kentucky who now makes his home in the least populated county in the least populated state. There in Wyoming, at the foot of the Wind River Mountains, he writes songs that wrestle with the struggles of rural peoples. His stories often tell a novel's worth of story in the format of a song, for which he draws comparisons to Jason Isbell and John Prine. ... more

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