Next Heartbreak

from Together Through the Dark by Slaid Cleaves

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"Next Heartbreak" is about finding out just how much hardship one can get through in life, and appreciating the calm before the inevitable next storm arrives. Fun stuff.

lyrics

written by Slaid Cleaves, Rod Picott

I saw it comin' but it came down hard as a stone
Laid my brother down in his grave
We had one last whiskey over his bones

He was a fighter but he knew he was facing the end
Hope I'm as brave when it comes my time
And we're gathered round the bedside again

I don't wonder 'bout it anymore
Now I know how much a heart can take
I count my blessings and I carry on
Until the next heartbreak

I hold my wife a little closer now in the dark
I say a prayer for the ones I know
Who make it through the night with just one heart

Got through the hard times, boxed 'em up in the past
Back to the living, back to sunny days
But we're old enough to know it won't last

I don't wonder 'bout it anymore
Now I know how much a heart can take
I count my blessings and I carry on
Until the next heartbreak

[instrumental]

You chop wood, carry water, should be simple enough
Till your down on your knees, looking up
At the sky with a fear that you’re not that tough

All is quiet now, but the mind races on
Reach for the bottle on the old nightstand
Good times keep rolling along

I don't wonder 'bout it anymore
Now I know how much a heart can take
I count my blessings and I carry on
I don't wonder 'bout it anymore
Now I know how much a heart can take
I count my blessings and I carry on
Until the next heartbreak

credits

from Together Through the Dark, track released January 13, 2023
Slaid Cleaves: lead vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica

Pat Manske: drums and percussion

Scrappy Jud Newcomb: electric and acoustic guitars, bass guitar, and Hammond B-3 organ

Produced by Scrappy Jud Newcomb

Recorded by Pat Manske at The Zone, Dripping Springs, Texas

Mixed by Chaos Theory with Slaid Cleaves

Mastered by Alex McCollough at True East Mastering, Nashville, Tennessee

Album art by Genevieve Paradis

C Slaid Cleaves P Candy House Media www.slaid.com

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Slaid Cleaves Wimberley, Texas

Modern day traveling folk singer. He’s telling your story. Writes and records songs that strike people’s hearts and become a part of their lives.

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