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Leave To Come Home

by Just A Season

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1.
You're Gonna Be Okay I wish that I could ease your mind so you'll sleep tonight And I wish that I could write one line that could make it right It all builds up in your head, the things you could have done The words you should have said, the miles you could have run Hey hey, you're gonna be okay Hey hey you're gonna be okay You remember every book you've read like it's a photograph And you finished up your undergrad like it was simple math But it's hard to make a choice and hard to make a plan Hard to raise your voice and so hard to understand That one day, you're gonna be okay Hey hey, you're gonna be okay Solo You're scared of showin up, scared you'll let me down You think you're not enough and your thoughts ain't worth the sound If you fall it's not the end, get up and try again Sometimes we catch a break and sometimes we need a friend To say you're gonna be okay Hey hey you're gonna be okay Wipe those tears away you're gonna be okay Hey hey you're gonna be okay
2.
Leave To Come Home I'm sitting on an airplane Or I'm driving down the road It takes a whole lot of leavin' To find out where to go I've been searching for answers That I know I'll never find Some people gave me chances And others left me behind I leave to come home I stay to get gone I keep my eyes open wide I walk to stand still I hurt to get well I know I'll never arrive But I'm alive I threw a coin into the water And drew my name into the sand Though it won't last forever Doesn't have to make me sad I leave to come home I stay to get gone I keep my eyes open wide I walk to stand still I hurt to get well I know I'll never arrive I'm alive Strike a chord on your guitar And add your voice to the choir Don't let them get you to turn down Don't let them put out your fire We leave to come home We stay to get gone And keep our eyes open wide We walk to stand still We hurt to get well And know we'll never arrive We're alive
3.
Queen of the Underground You've been standing in a corner where the light don't shine You've been actin' like an orphan that's been left behind Girl you've carried that weight for so long, it's gonna break ya in two Are you afraid to dream, it might come true You've been telling me forever how they fix the game And you know how to criticize and how to dodge the blame Would it kill you to make a change girl and try something new Are you afraid to dream, it might come true You’ve been waiting for princes and saviours to come around Haven't you done enough time as the queen of the underground I can't be worried 'bout the things that I can't control What's the point of fitting in if it'll kill your soul Forget all those expectations you could not live up to Don't be afraid to dream it might come true
4.
I Will Fight, I Will Fight, I Will Win It's five o' clock in the morning I should be lost in a dream Instead I'm walking' the floor And falling apart at the seams It's like I'm watching a movie It's like I'm watching a show I know what I'm doing But I ain’t got no control But as sure as I began I will make it to the end And I will fight, I will fight, and I will win I will fight, I will fight, and I will win I've been stuck in a bottle I've been chained in a stall Always feels like I'm running But I ain't moving at all I've been lost in the shadows Caught up in the score I'm always looking for battles And always losing the war But as sure as I began I will make it to the end I will fight, I will fight, and I will win Though the walls are closing in And the light is growing dim I will fight, I will fight, and I will win (intsro) I ain't never giving in I will make it too the end I will fight, I will fight, and I will win I have paid for all my sins Let another day begin I will fight, I will fight, and I will win I will fight, I will fight, and I will win
5.
Saw You Yesterday Saw you yesterday with a bible in your hand Waiting at the bus stop right outside the Sally Anne I see you're just like me friend, just trying to do the best you can When you were just kid they said you learned to walk before you crawled You couldn't wait to leave this town and head out to New York or Montreal But the things we took for granted then were the only things that mattered much at all The drugs followed the money and the scene became a bore And the songs we loved to play, just became another chore And the towns that used to love us, sure didn't love us anymore From Seattle down to Portland, New Orleans to Amsterdam We've been trying to heal our wounds with a pair of bleeding hands Ain't it funny how we think that we're the only ones nobody understands Ain't it funny how we think that we're the only ones nobody understands
6.
She's The One She sings me a song every mornin' She visits my dreams when I sleep She takes me away from the rush of the day And gives me the strength that I need She's the one, yeah she's the one My heart was a wandering gypsy My soul just a beaten up drum She came up to me and taught me to see And I knew right away she's the one She's the one, yeah she's the one She's the one, yeah she's the one She picks an old tune on her banjo And it takes me right back through the years Soon my sorrow is gone like the night come the dawn And I'm laughin' my way through the tears She's the one, yeah she's the one She's the one, yeah she's the one I've forgotten my lessons with teachers and preachers who never could show me the way I got tired confessing, pretending and messing around with the words that they say Her eyes shine a light through the canyon Here smile guides my way 'cross the sea I've been wrong before but I won't be no more Cause I know now where I've got to be She's the one, yeah she's the one She's the one, yeah she's the one She's the one, yeah she's the one She's the one, yeah she's the one
7.
That Sunday Sound From the hills of West Virginia down to the Gulf of Mexico They got a musical tradition where the Mississippi flows It can heal you when you're troubled, it can lift you when you're down Yes I sure do love that Sunday Sound I was raised in a big old city where the northern wind blows cold And I never set foot in no church sir till I was seventeen years old I might not make it up to heaven I might not weary that starry crown But I sure do love that Sunday Sound I love that Sunday Sound every time it comes around It can take away the darkness it can clear away the clouds Like every other sinner I've been lost and I've been found Well I may not live like Jesus but I love that Sunday Sound I travel across this country with a guitar in my hand Sometimes it's hard to find religion when you play in a rock and roll band But this crowd's like a congregation and this stage is holy ground And they sure do love that Sunday Sound I love that Sunday Sound every time it comes around It can take away the darkness it can clear away the clouds Like every other sinner I've been lost and I've been found I may not live like Jesus but I love that Sunday Sound I may not live like Jesus but I love that Sunday Sound Said I may not live like Jesus but I love that Sunday Sound ____________________________________________________
8.
Never Too Far From the Blues I've got everything I need A wife and kids, clean air to breathe So it feels crazy to complain About first world problems, first world pain But I get these doubts from time to time When my confidence gets shaken and the road's too steep to climb Some things you're born with and some you choose I'm never too far from the blues I've never fought in any war Never lost a limb on a foreign shore These scars are much harder to see They're sometimes forgotten but the they never leave In this fight the battles never won I travel with this darkness passed from my father to his son Sometimes I win, sometimes I lose I'm never too far from the blues So now I'm heading out of town Chasing a dream chasing a sound Worn out guitars and bad caffeine High and low and in between Most days I keep these feelings close Everyone's got an opinion, every problem’s diagnosed I'm used to walking in these shoes Never too far from the blues Whether I win, whether I lose I'm never too far from the blues
9.
Will You Stay No I can't read the writing on the wall And I don't know the meaning of it all Laughing, singing, losing, winning Battles big and small, will we stand or fall? Are you gonna help me find my way Are you gonna guide me to the light when the skies are grey Are you gonna lead me through the night to a better day Will you hesitate, will you run away, or will you stay Now we’ve been down this rocky road before It's two steps up, one back, if you're keeping score Tossing, turning, talking, learning Coming back for more, till we reach the shore Are you gonna help me find my way Are you gonna guide me to the light when the skies are grey Are you gonna lead me through the night to a better day Will you hesitate, will you run away, or will you stay Now I've been hurt before when I've dropped my guard Gotta know the hand I’ve got girl before I play my cards Are you gonna help me find my way Are you gonna guide me to the light when the skies are grey Are you gonna lead me through the night to a better day Will you hesitate, will you run away, or will you stay
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about

Scott Smith has helped make a lot of other people sound great over the years. From the heartland roots-rock of Barney Bentall and the arena sized country of Aaron Pritchett to a slew of insurgent Vancouver club champs like Rich Hope, Speeding West and Marin Patenaude, Smith has been everybody’s ringer, flipping between guitar and pedal steel while casually raising the bar with lightning technique and unfailing good taste. With his band Just A Season, Scott Smith switches from sideman to frontman, enlisting some of his favourite players to put the right groove on a collection of songs that recall an era when folk, rock, and country met in a sun-baked embrace.

Produced by Erik Nielsen, Just A Season’s third album Leave To Come Home continues the contemporary Americana vibe of the first two records but adds some new elements to the bands’ sound. Smith and second guitarist John Sponarski bring Allman Brothers style twin guitar hooks to “She’s The One” and the gorgeous “You’re Gonna Be Okay”. Drummer Liam Macdonald adds vibraphone to the English folk of the title track and the spacey instrumental “Stars Burn Out”. Harmony singer Ashley Grant is featured throughout the album, especially shining on the Bobby Charles groove of “That Sunday Sound”. In addition to the rock solid bass playing of Brad Ferguson and Erik Nielsen, the sonic star of the show might be multi-instrumentalist Matt Kelly (City and Colour) whose pedal steel, Wurlitzer and organ recall the brilliance of Wilco’s Jay Bennett and The Band’s Garth Hudson. And though Smith’s main roles in Just A Season are that of lead singer and songwriter, his slide guitar, harmonica, acoustic fingerpicking, banjo and pedal steel are all key elements to the Just A Season sound as well.

Lyrically Just A Season’s third record is primarily an album about hope. Whether it’s about encouraging a friend to chase their dreams in “Queen of the Underground”, overcoming addiction in “I Will Fight, I Will Fight and I Will Win”, or affirming that better times are ahead in “You’re Gonna Be Okay”, Leave To Come Home is an album that sees the light at the end of the tunnel. And while Smith sings in one song that he’s “never too far from the blues”, the title track speaks of how the difficult moments in life make the good times that much sweeter, with the last verse encouraging everyone to make the most of their short time here. “Strike a chord on your guitar/Add your voice to the choir/Don’t let them make you turn down/Don’t let them put out your fire”.

credits

released February 16, 2022

Scott Smith - vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, banjo, harmonica, pedal steel (8)

Ashley Grant - harmony vocals

John Sponarski - electric guitar

Brad Ferguson - bass (1,3,4)

Liam Macdonald - drums (2,5,9,10), congas, vibraphone, percussion

Matt Kelly - keyboards, pedal steel

Leon Power - drums (1,3,4,6,7,11)

Jeremy Holmes - acoustic bass (2,5,10)

Erik P.H. Nielsen - bass (6,7,9,11)

Meredith Bates - violin

Peggy Lee - cello

All songs written by Scott Smith except:
"I Will Fight, I Will Fight and I Will Win" - Aaron Moser/Scott Smith
"Anything You Want" - Jay Buettner/Scott Smith

Recorded and mixed by Erik Nielsen at Afterlife Studios
Assisted by Brendan Guy and John Raham

Produced by Erik Nielsen and Scott Smith

Photos by Victoria Black

Layout and Design by Cary Debenham

Mastered by Graemme Brown at Zen Mastering

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Just A Season is a folk-rock band from Vancouver led by Scott Smith. The band's sound recalls an era when folk, rock, and country met in a sun-baked embrace.

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