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released 07 May 2012
Kevin Crafton
Conner Bane - Drums
Andrew Wahnseidler - Bass

Mixed/Mastered by Lanis Watkins
Cover Art by Ryan Puett

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tags: rock alternative country folk rock indie folk indie rock Nashville

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Kevin Crafton is a folk rock artist that draws inspiration from the poetry of Jim Daniels and James Wright. With his LP, "The Vacant Heartland", the scene has been set for his telling the story of the demise of the country's heart and thus morale.
This kind of music is something that may have been heard in the late 1970's by the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty and John Mellencamp. ... more

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Track Name: Washington Promise
My money's worth nothing and I don't own gold
It sounds like a story that my grandpa told me long ago
Everywhere I look another lost job another plant closing and another house robbed

My son's school's closing cause they can't get by
All on account of "No Child Left Behind"

I don't wanna hear your Washington Promise

I don't believe in handouts I like to earn my pay It's getting damn hard to make an honest wage like my daddy done
God rest his soul the years took their toll another great man that the bottle stole

His dying words were son take my hand as they shipped my job to some foreign land

I don't wanna hear your Washington Promise, I just wanna see your Washington progress
Track Name: Alright, Alright
Said you want me to take my time?
Alright, Alright
Hold my hand first then drop on by?
Alright, Alright

This is my world of fantasy you've got to do it right this can be more than make believe all you've gotta do is try try try alright?

My window's open but please knock first
Alright, alright
Don't break my heart you know it hurts
Alright? Alight
Track Name: The Man Who Always Let You Down
Let me start off by saying that I miss you and I wish that you'd come home
but you're off making your life in the land of the yellow brick road
These days we don't get any younger and I'm sure the thought of that has hit you now
Regret lives in this heart and the past must be stronger than we thought

When it's done its done I guess we had our fun, now I wish you the best for your life and all the rest, just remember me at night while he's holding you so tight as the man who always let you down

Now streetlights go on down the highway but my heart's in the mirror looking back
The years may settle as dust but can't cover up all those moments we missed
Track Name: Green Blanket
Sitting on a tan suede sofa wrapped up in a green colored blanket
You said, "I guess I'm scared, you're different and I never saw you coming...

You see I met this guy five months ago and he's the man of my dreams,
I guess I'm probably holding on to that 'cause someday he may want me."

I'm sitting here watching the tears roll down your face wiping them away with my favorite sweater I say

He was only the man of your dreams til your dreams caught up with me

There's a reason that he's not here and a reason why I am brushing the hair back from your face, and yes I guess its 3 am
Track Name: Your Letter
You letter said, "I'm leaving before you get the chance to say goodbye, I know you tried but I just want more for my life. Don't be sad, don't cry, the stars will be our secret place in time. As long as you know I still love you you'll be fine...

I just needed to move on with my life, I just needed to tell you though I know you'll hate me for this night

But time moves on and I know we'll be better off along at night its the hardest but we'll make it through."

Your letter said, "Its over but nothing ever ends the way I see, Its just the start of new beginnings new company. I can't say enough that I just wish we'd find a place where we'd survive. But the moon couldn't find the shore with an ebbing tide.."
Track Name: Give Me An Answer
She walks through the garden
Am I lost she cries aloud
The seasons are changing
She picks up a leaf up from the ground
Is this my future is this my dreams
Crumbling between my fingers

Give me an answer

He stands on the threshold
Watching as his wife packs up her things
She said she's taking the children
He collapsed as she drove away
He cried where do I go how do I live, what the hell do I have to give

The baby is screaming
Her mother can't take anymore
So she opens the bottle
Like her daddy did years before
God I failed, God I tried...