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Howdy! Very excited to announce the entry into the world of “Willie Nelson (ft. Kelly Jane)”

“Willie Nelson” is a song about a recently divorced couple in a small town where everyone knows their story. When they were young and in love, they made an ill-fated choice for “their song”—”Blue Eyes Cryin’ In the Rain”—which they reflect on as they prepare to answer the same damn questions everybody’s asking. Should they answer honestly? Or do they rely on the line they’ve been privately workshopping, knowing the effect it will have when it inevitably gets back to the other?

Recorded with Brooklyn singer-songwriter Kelly Jane (The Little Fuller Band) and mastered by Richard Dodd (Tyler Childers’ Purgatory, Margo Price’s That’s How Rumors Get Started), “Willie Nelson” is the first single off Grover Anderson & the Lampoliers’ forthcoming album All The Lies That I Have Told, out July 30.

UPDATE—Reviews & features! I’m extremely grateful to Adobe & Teardrops for featuring “Willie Nelson” as a “Hey! Listen”:

With each new release, Anderson’s brand of Americana keeps getting better and better: the music may be gentle, but the lyrics are sharp-eyed.

—Rachel Cholst, Adobe & Teardrops

Hope you enjoy, and if you do, hope it finds a home in one of your playlists 🙂

Produced by Grover Anderson & Marshall Henry

Music & Lyrics by Grover Anderson (ASCAP)

Performed by:
Grover Anderson — Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Josh Certo — Drums
Anthony Delaney — Bass
Marshall Henry — Electric Guitars

Featuring:
Kelly Jane – Vocals

Mixed by Michael Clebanoff
Mastered by Richard Dodd

I’m moving on, but I’ll still think about you
When I hear Willie Nelson sing of embers in the rain
And I was wrong, but what good are convictions when you’re
Grasping at the fire pretending you don’t feel the pain?
It’s such a shame, shame

I’ve got a cup. I fill it up with whiskey
In the hopes of drowning out your memory
And oh it works, especially in the morning when
The bright lights and the headaches and your face are all I see
I tell my friends, they oughta set me up, and when I stumble into church
I lie, pretend I’m finding peace
I got a line. I practice it in private,
So when people ask about me I’ll somehow make them believe

I’m moving on, but I’ll still think about you
When I hear Willie Nelson sing of embers in the rain
And I was wrong, but what good are convictions when you’re
Grasping at the fire pretending you don’t feel the pain?
It’s such a shame, shame

I take it slow, cause sympathy’s a virtue
That I ain’t got the energy to fake
I know in time, I’ll feel awful stupid
For this helpless psyche I can’t seem to break
I tell my friends, that they should just be patient
Let me get over my grief, I know my heart’ll heal this ache
I’ve heard your line, and I know that it’s bullshit
But I’m happy that you’re tryin’ cause Lord knows I can relate

I’m moving on, but I’ll still think about you
When I hear Willie Nelson sing of embers in the rain
And I was wrong, but what good are convictions when you’re
Grasping at the fire pretending you don’t feel the pain?
It’s such a shame, shame

I’ll hit rock bottom soon enough then come back better than before
And when I’m finally tired of being tough the next love will be so much more

But for now I’m moving on, but I’ll still think about you
When I hear Willie Nelson sing of embers in the rain
And I was wrong, but what good are convictions when you’re
Grasping at the fire pretending you don’t feel the pain?
It’s such a shame, shame