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First track from John' Prine's new record, 'The Tree of Forgiveness' Order your copy here: https://prine.lnk.to/TTOF
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Lyrics:
I ain't got nobody hangin' 'round my doorstep
Ain't got no loose change just a-hangin' 'round my jeans
If you see somebody, would you send em' over my way?
I could use some help here with a can of pork and beans
I once had a family but they up and left me
With nothing but an 8-track, another side of George Jones
I was in high cotton, just a-bangin' on my six-string
A-kickin' at the trash can, walkin' skin and bone
I can see your back porch if I close my eyes now
I can hear the train tracks through the laundry on the line
I'm thinking it's your business, but you don't got to answer
I'm knocking on your screen door in the summertime
Everybody's out there climbin' on the trees now
Swingin' in the breeze now, hangin' on the vine
I'm dreamin' 'bout a sailboat, I don't need a fur coat
Underneath the dashboard got some sweet potato wine
I can see your back porch if I close my eyes now
I can hear the train tracks through the laundry on the line
I'm thinking it's your business, but you don't got to answer
I'm knocking on your screen door in the summertime
I'm knocking on your screen door in the summertime
A few weeks back, we got our first taste of John Prine's forthcoming studio album The Tree of Forgiveness, his first solo record since 2005. Late Scene editor Jim Ridley wrote of Prine in 2010 that "no funny songwriter was ever sadder, and no sad songwriter was ever funnier," and that's evident in what we've heard of the new album so far. That first tune, "Summer's End," is a melancholic meditation that hints at a hopeful resolution, or at least leaves the door open to one. (Quite appropriate for an LP named for a Victorian-era painting depicting a tragedy from Greek mythology that has a happy ending.)
"Knockin' on Your Screen Door" is the track that opens the album, while it's much more upbeat and quite funny, it's also about beating back a grim kind of loneliness. The second verse encapsulates that nicely: “I once had a family / But they up and left me / With nothin’ but an eight-track / Another side of George Jones / I was in high cotton / Just a-bangin’ on my six-string /A-kickin’ at the trash can / Walkin’ skin and bones,” Prine sings.
Above, check out a brand-new lyric video for the song, featuring footage of Prine & Co. making themselves at home at RCA Studio A, aka Low Country Sound, where The Tree of Forgiveness was recorded with Dave Cobb. It was filmed by Neighborhoods Apart's Joshua Britt and Nielson Hubbard, who you might remember produced some great animated videos for Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires last year.
The album is out April 13 via Prine's Oh Boy Records, and you can preorder a copy here. Prine's tour kicks off April 11 and brings him back to the Ryman Oct. 5-6 — tickets run $68-$108, and you can get them for the first night here and the second night right here.
