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Along the Red Dirt Road was inspired by an assorted lot of people, places and circumstances that I've encountered (or imagined) since childhood. After my novel was well underway, I began to realize how beautifully certain music resonated with the narrative. To me, the story made the music fuller, more meaningful than ever, and vice versa. Could it be that the people, places and circumstances I was writing about were touched by such music? I had no choice but to do more research and offer up a fitting selection of music.

For years, I have been a huge fan of Tim O'Brien and Kathy Mattea. More recently, I have come to love the work of First Aid Kit, Kacey Musgraves, The Henry Girls, Mumford & Sons, and The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band. Although Cowboy Jack Clements, Al Bowlly, and Ozzie Nelson are no longer alive, each contributes one remarkable song that happens to jibe perfectly with the characters, times, or story line of my tale. My book and I share a special bond with all eleven songs, and I hope you enjoy listening as much as I do.

Should you listen to my playlist BEFORE reading Along the Red Dirt Road, you may pick up a few juicy clues and find yourself humming as you read. If you listen AFTERWARD, I'm betting you'll gain a richer understanding of the story, the characters and each of the songs. As with the story, this music speaks to timeless issues that apply similarly to men and women, young and old, and the lyrics are so artful that you may wish to read them through and take them to heart. All lyrics are shown toward the bottom of this page.

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The AUDIO links below make listening easy. If you like particular songs or artists, please give them LOTS of plays, or consider buying their recordings. The album covers are linked to places where you may purchase their songs and albums. If you click on the artist's name, you will be taken to their website where you may check out their other recordings and tour schedules. Of course you have favorites of your own, and now is a thoughtful time to play or purchase their music.

SEQUENTIAL PLAYING: This is a special treat, as the order of the playlist follows the flow of the story. If you encounter any difficulties accessing the complete playlist, just use the individual links further down this page.

Thanks for reading and enjoy the music.

Peace and love,

Jane Yearout

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EMMYLOU > First Aid Kit
SECEST > Tennessee Mafia Jug Band
SOMEBODY'S DARLING > Kathy Mattea
RESTLESS SPIRIT WANDERING > Tim O'Brien
GHOSTS THAT WE KNEW > Mumford & Sons
SING MY SISTER DOWN > The Henry Girls
LITTLE ANNIE > Tim O'Brien
BEAUTIFUL DREAMER > Cowboy Jack Clement
DID YOU EVER SEE A DREAM WALKING > Al Bowlly
DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME > Ozzie Nelson
FOLLOW YOUR ARROW > Kacey Musgraves

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TRACK ONE

SONGWRITERS/ARTISTS

FIRST AID KIT

EMMYLOU

THE LYRICS

Oh the bitter winds are coming in

And I'm already missing the summer Stockholm's cold but I've been told

I was born to endure this kind of weather

When it's you I find like a ghost in my mind

I am defeated and I gladly wear the crown

I'll be your Emmylou and I'll be your June

If you'll be my Gram and my Johnny too

No, I'm not asking much of you

Just sing little darling, sing with me

Now so much I know that things just don't grow If you don't bless them with your patience

And I've been there before, I held up the door

For every stranger with a promise

But I'm holding back,

that's the strength that I lack

Every morning keeps returning at my window

And it brings me to you

and I won't just pass through

But I'm not asking for a storm

I'll be your Emmylou and I'll be your June

If you'll be my Gram and my Johnny too

No, I'm not asking much of you

Just sing little darling, sing with me

And yes I might have lied to you

You wouldn't benefit from knowing of the truth

I was frightened but I held fast

I need you now at long last

I'll be your Emmylou and I'll be your June

If you'll be my Gram and my Johnny too

No, I'm not asking much of you

Just sing little darling, sing with me

I'll be your Emmylou and I'll be your June

If you'll be my Gram and my Johnny too

No, I'm not asking much of you

Just sing little darling, sing with me

TRACK THREE

SONGWRITERS

MARIE RAVENEL DE LACOSTE
JOHN HILL HEWITT

ARTIST
KATHY MATTEA

SOMEBODY'S

DARLING

THE LYRICS

Into the ward

of the clean white-washed halls,

Where the dead slept and the dying lay Wounded by bayonets, sabres and balls, Somebody's darling was borne one day.

Somebody's darling

so young and so brave,

Wearing still on his sweet yet pale face
Soon to be hid in the dust of the grave,
The lingering light of his boyhood's grace.

Somebody's darling, somebody's pride,
Who'll tell his Mother where her boy died?
Matted and damp are his tresses of gold, Kissing the snow of that fair young brow
Pale are the lips of most delicate mould, Somebody's darling is dying now.

Back from his beautiful

purple-veined brow,

Brush off the wandering waves of gold
Cross his white hands

on his broad bosom now,

Somebody's darling is still and cold.

Give him a kiss, but for somebody's sake, Murmur a prayer for him, soft and low,
One little curl from his golden mates take, Somebody's they were once, you know,
Somebody's warm hand

has oft rested there,

Was it a Mother's so soft and white?

Or have the lips of a sister, so fair,
Ever been bathed in their waves of light?
Somebody's watching and waiting for him, Yearning to hold him again to her breast
Yet there he lies

with his blue eyes so dim,
And purple, child-like lips half apart.

Tenderly bury the fair, unknown dead,
Pausing to drop on this grave a tear
Carve on the wooden slab over his head, Somebody's darling is slumbering here.

TRACK FOUR

SONGWRITER/ARTIST

TIM O'BRIEN

RESTLESS SPIRIT WANDERING

THE LYRICS

Restless spirit, wandering,

come on home again

Tell me about your days of old,

wander back again

You won't admit your life is taken,

to your death not yet awakened

Restless spirit wandering,

come on home again

Oglethorpe was around this place

some hundred fifty years

Since a Union bullet hit its mark,

and his teenaged heart it pierced

Years ago a young girl lived here,

she became his friend

But when their family moved away

their friendship had to end

And when we bought this house

the neighbors came and talked about him

Though we've not heard or seen a thing,

I hope he comes again

I'd like to ask him lots of things,

and hear the way he talks

Describing local battle scenes

on some slow morning walk

Restless spirit, wandering,

come on home again

Tell me about your days of old,

wander back again

Don't admit your life is taken,

to your death not yet awaken

Restless spirit wandering,

and come on home again

The room I write in used to be a two car garage

A nineteen fifties chrome and fin

and white wall tired montage

Years later it became a church,

and they moved an organ in

And these walls would shake with holy songs and sermons against sin

I like to think this place was made for

the kind of work I do

I'll try to be ready when

the spirit comes back through

I'll write it down and sort it out and

make it fairly rhyme

And marry it to the melody of highest flyin' kind

I want to try be to a friend to souls

that cannot rest

I would not blame their anger,

don't claim to know what's best

But souls are all connected

like the branches on a tree

And things they see beyond the grave

might help out you and me

Restless spirit, wandering,

come on home again

Tell me about your days of old,

wander back again

Tell me as you come and go,

things that people need to know

Restless Spirit, wandering,

come on home again

Don't admit your life is taken,

to your death not yet awaken

Restless spirit wandering,

come on home again

TRACK FIVE

SONGWRITERS/ARTISTS

MUMFORD & SONS

GHOSTS THAT

WE KNEW

THE LYRICS

You saw my pain,

washed out in the rain

Broken glass,

saw the blood run from my veins

But you saw no fault

no cracks in my heart

And you knelt beside

my hope torn apart

But the ghosts that we knew

will flicker from you

And we'll live a long life

So give me hope in the darkness

that I will see the light

'Cause oh that gave me such a fright

But I will hold as long as you like

Just promise me we'll be alright

So lead me back

Turn south from that place

And close my eyes

from my recent disgrace

'Cause you know my call

We'll share my all

Now children come

and they will hear me roar

So give me hope in the darkness

that I will see the light

'Cause oh that gave me such a fright

But I will hold as long as you like

Just promise me we'll be alright

But hold me still

bury my heart on the cold

And hold me still

bury my heart on the cold

So give me hope in the darkness

that I will see the light

'Cause oh that gave me such a fright

But I will hold on as long as you like

Just promise me that we'll be alright

But the ghosts that we knew

made us blackened or blue

But we'll live a long life

And the ghosts that we knew

will flicker from view

And we'll live a long life

TRACK SIX

ARTISTS/SONGWRITERS

THE HENRY GIRLS

SING MY

SISTER DOWN

THE LYRICS

Down, down we went down

Down, down, we went down

Down from the higher ground

Oh to sing my sister down

Oh my dear sister, what have you done? Everyone was watching as you walked out

Out in the midday sun

I can tell by your eyes that you're frightened

But I know you did what you had to do

When you picked up that axe handle

you were in charge

Of what was gonna happen to you

And we went…Down, down we went down Down, down, we went down

Down from the higher ground

Oh to sing my sister down

I wish I had more time to say goodbye

Glaring at the bonfire light

Singing songs for putting baby to sleep

And to soothe broken hearts at night

No coming unstuck from this one

You couldn't let that handle lie

We knew you'd be angry

once the glitter wore off

We knew that he had to die

Then we went. Down, down we went down Down, down, we went down

Down from the higher ground

Oh to sing my sister down

TRACK SEVEN

SONGWRITER

A.P. CARTER

ARTIST

TIM O'BRIEN

JAN FABRICIUS

LITTLE ANNIE

(When Springtime Comes Again)

THE LYRICS

Once more, little Annie, I must leave you

We shall part at the end of the lane

But promise me, little Annie

You will wait for me till

springtime comes again

When the sun shines down on the mountain And the wild sheep are wandering all alone When the birds and the bees are a-humming Makes me think that

springtime won't be very long

When the springtime comes on the mountain And the wildflowers scattered o'er the plain

I shall watch for the leaves

to return to their trees

And I'll be waiting when

the springtime comes again

Now springtime is here, little Annie

I am on my way back to the lane

For you promised me, little Annie

You'd be waiting when

the springtime comes again

When the springtime comes on the mountain And the wildflowers scattered o'er the plain

I shall watch for the leaves

to return to their trees

And I'll be waiting when

the springtime comes again

TRACK NINE

SONGWRITERS

HARRY REVEL

MACK GORDON

ARTIST

AL BOWLLY

DID YOU EVER SEE

A DREAM WALKING

THE LYRICS

Something very strange and mystic

happened to me

Something realistic and as weird as can be

Something that I feared,

somehow is now endeared to me

And what a funny feeling,

odd and yet so true

Did a thing like this ever happen to you?

Did you ever see a dream walking?

Well, I did

Did you ever hear a dream talking?

Well, I did

Did you ever have a dream thrill you with,

"Will you be mine?"

Oh, it's so grand and it's too, too divine

Did you ever see a dream dancing?

Well, I did

Did you a ever see a dream romancing?

Well, I did

Did you ever see heaven right in your arms, saying, "I love you, I do"

Well, the dream that was walking

and the dream that was talking

And the heaven in my arms was you

Did you ever see a dream walking?

Well, I did

Did you ever hear a dream talking?

Well, I did

Did you ever have a dream thrill you with,

"Will you be mine?"

Oh, it's so grand and it's too, too divine

Did you ever see a dream dancing?

Well, I did Did you a ever see

a dream romancing?

Well, I did

Did you ever see heaven right in your arms, saying, "I love you, I do"

Well, the dream that was walking

and the dream that was talking

And the heaven in my arms was you

TRACK TEN

SONGWRITERS

FABIAN ANDRE

WILBUR SCHWANT

GEORGE KAHN

ARTIST

OZZIE NELSON

DREAM A LITTLE

DREAM OF ME

THE LYRICS

Stars shining bright above you

Night breezes seem to whisper I love you

Birds singing in the sycamore tree

Dream a little dream of me

Say night-ie night and kiss me

Just hold me tight

and tell me you'll miss me

While I'm alone and blue as can be

Dream a little dream of me

Stars fading but I linger on, dear

Still craving your kiss

I'm longing to linger till dawn, dear

Just saying this

Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you

Sweet dreams

that leave all worries behind you

But in your dreams whatever they be

Dream a little dream of me

Stars fading but I linger on, dear

Still craving your kiss

I'm longing to linger till dawn, dear

Just saying this

Sweet dreams

till sunbeams find you

Sweet dreams

that leave all worries far behind you

But in your dreams whatever they be

Dream a little dream of me

TRACK ELEVEN

ARTIST/SONGWRITER

KACEY MUSGRAVES

FOLLOW YOUR

ARROW

THE LYRICS

If you save yourself for marriage,

you're a bore

If you don't save yourself for marriage,

you're a horrible person

If you won't have a drink,

then you're a prude

But they'll call you a drunk

as soon as you down the first one

If you can't lose the weight,

then you're just fat

But if you lose too much,

then you're on crack

You're damned if you do

and you're damned if you don't

So, you might as well just do

whatever you want

So, make lots of noise,

kiss lots of boys

Or kiss lots of girls

if that's somethin' you're into

When the straight and narrow

gets a little too straight

Roll up a joint, or don't

Just follow your arrow wherever it points

Yeah, follow your arrow wherever it points

If you don't go to church,

you'll go to Hell

If you're the first one on the front row,

you're a self-righteous son of a...

Can't win for losin',

you'll just disappoint 'em

Just 'cause you can't beat 'em

don't mean you should join 'em

So, make lots of noise,

kiss lots of boys

Or kiss lots of girls

if that's somethin' you're into

When the straight and narrow

gets a little too straight

Roll up a joint, or don't

Just follow your arrow wherever it points

Yeah, follow your arrow wherever it points

Say what you think,

love who you love

'Cause you just get so many

trips around the sun

Yeah, you only... Only live once

So, make lots of noise,

kiss lots of boys

Or kiss lots of girls

if that's what you're into

When the straight and narrow

gets a little too straight

Roll up a joint, I would

And follow your arrow wherever it points

Yeah, follow your arrow wherever it points

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