It Did Me Well (2015)

Lyrics & Credits

  • Why can't you see

    It's been a long night for me

    I've got a reason for it all right now

    Don't even try to talk me down

    They always told me that it all works out

    They always tell me but I know

    I simply know it isn't so

    My earthly dad he passed away

    When I was 12

    Then cancer came took my health

    But I wouldn't let it wear me down

    So I did those drugs

    And I gave'em hell

    I got the best of them

    I learned of God, it did me well

    yea it did me well.

    Why can't you see

    It's been a long time for me

    I've got a reason for it all right now

    Don't even try to talk me out

    Of packin' up and getting out of here

    Away from everything I'm told

    I'll venture into the unknown

    They said there's a place for me here

    Should I return

    They washed my feet and they shared my tears

    But I didn't let'em change my mind

    So I hit the road ready to unlearn

    The garbage I'd been taught for years

    And oh my God

    It did me well, yea it did me well

    The pain returned to my stomach

    like I remembered it

    3000 miles away from home

    The doctor seemed to change my mind

    So I flew straight back to the table

    They said that It was just a fright

    And Oh my God, you brought me back

    I think I'll stay a while

    But things can never be the same

  • Talk is cheap, you know you're weak

    You move along, you move along.

    Though I weep, you can's see

    That you're wrong, maybe you're wrong.

    You're not ready. You're not ready

    I've been driving through the night

    To tell you baby

    You're not ready. You're not ready

    And when you think you are

    You're most likely not

    Oh, remember when I found you all alone

    Shivering, begging for someone to hold.

    I stood you on your feet

    And I became a blanket you could keep

    Oh remember when you threw it all away

    You told me that you couldn't stay

    After all that we've been through

    I know that I knew you

    You're not ready. You're not ready

    I've been driving through the night

    To tell you baby

    You're not ready. You're not ready

    And when you think you are

    You're most likely not

    C'mon c'mon

    You're not ready. You're not ready

    I've been driving, driving baby

    To tell you baby

    You're not ready. You're not ready

    And when you think you are

    And when you think you are

    And when you think you are

    You're most likely not

  • You were like a brother

    And at times I called your mom my mother

    Life here left you wanting

    Had your bags in your doorway

    When I heard that you were leavin' with a one way pass

    I tied myself to the railroad track

    I've done everything I could

    'Cause I heard that you were leaving for good

    To my disappointment

    They said you hitched a free ride to Portland

    There's no use in crying

    As they handed me your note.

    It read: I've gone westward. Moved on

    My heart to find, you'll see in time.

    When I heard that you were leavin' with a one way pass

    I tied myself to the railroad track

    I've done everything I could

    When I heard that you were leaving

    When I heard that you were leavin' with a one way pass

    I tied myself to the railroad track

    I've done everything I could

    Cause I heard that you were leaving for good

    Sickness brought you homeward

    And my wedding was moving forward

    Doctors said you're fine

    But you just stayed in bed

    and slept

  • Take your time if you want to

    I don't mind I don't mind

    Take your time you were meant to

    You'll be mine you are mine

    Just know that we've won

    'Cause we've only begun

    Just know that we've won

    And If you ever start to slip

    Or the bucket comes up dry

    Times are hard but I'm with you

    Meet my eyes we'll be fine

    We could last for a lifetime

    If you're mine if you're mine

    And the moment that you slip

    When you're tempted not to try

    I won't leave your side

    Take our time we were meant to

    Meet my eyes we'll be fine

  • Her Name Was Grace

    I met her in first grade

    I was nervous to approach her but my mother,

    Said "Son just say hello, you'll be okay."

    One day I walked away

    She cried as I left her

    I tried to act as if I'd never really seen

    Her pretty face or tasted her embrace

    Her name was grace

    She found me in shambles

    She washed the blood from off my hands

    and wrapped my wounds up

    She sang me songs of hope I've never known

    I will repay you for the years that you have lost

    Every dollar, every cent

    And when the days aren't getting easier to bear

    I promise I will not forget

    I will repay what you have lost

  • We were as free as we would ever be

    Roaming the garden in his company

    We were the keepers of our destiny

    We watched the story unfold

    We ate the fruit of the forbidden tree

    I threw you under 'cause you gave it to me

    It's not the same when you are next to me

    Our sons and daughters are cold

    I was a lion with a wig for a mane

    And it was hardly a cure

    You were a fighter throwing punches in vain

    Like you had something to prove

    There is a garden we can't see from here

    A hope of what is to come

    And in the wait we'll find the courage to

    Pick up the pieces or run

    And I know that there's a gardener

    He's waging war against the weeds

    They're set in motion to divide us

    Now they're up above our heads and the trees

    Prove, like you had something to prove

    Prove, like I had something to prove

    Prove, like we had something to prove

    Prove, we ain't got nothing to prove

    The sun was setting on our running away

    We were facing our fears

    I wrestled the gardener til he gave me a name

    And you forgave me the years

  • Driving you home for the first time to meet mom and dad

    I'm so glad that you came

    You ask me how long until we arrive, 10 or 12 minutes

    almost in sight

    We talked about the weather all the way

    And you fumbled with your nails because you're nervous

    I'm nervous too, so I turn to look at you

    you're not there

    She's not there

    She's not there

    She never was

    I know in my heart it's the truth

    I know in my heart there's no use

    Then and there I realized there is a hole in my heart

    yet to fill on its own

    Dark is that place, filled with echoes it chases again

    What it knows I can't have

    She's not there

    She's not there

    She never was

    I know in my heart it's the truth

    I know in my heart there's no use

    Well I'm nervous too, but I won't look at you

    you're a thought in my head and we'll leave it unsaid

    That you are not coming home with me

    I know in my heart it's the truth

    I know in my heart there's no use

  • Somewhere in Mountain Time I did remember

    The promise you said you were keeping

    I feel so ashamed of the commotion I made

    When I mistook your absence for leaving

    Like the wind chimes behind my house making their music

    To sing of your love and not falter

    But on days like today they're just begging for notice

    Without wind they've got nothing to offer

    But Sometimes the wind doesn't blow

    And sometimes the sun won't come out

    I know that it's shining in spite of the clouds

    And I long for the strength not to doubt

    (Won't you give me the strength not to doubt)

    Take me back quickly for I can't be trusted

    Long in the arms of my memory

    Though I've heard you whisper it sweetly in my ear

    I'm afraid that I still need reminded

    You've told me that you won't forget

    Like a mother with her child at her breast

    But sometimes she will disappoint

    And sometimes your voice seems so far

    And the words to the love songs you wrote me are fading

    How I long to remember them all

  • The night was mighty dark so you could hardly see

    For the moon refused to shine

    There's a couple sittin 'neath the willow tree

    For love, they pine

    Little maid was kinda 'fraid of darkness

    So she said I think I'll go

    Boy let out a sigh, looked up in the sky

    And told the moon his little tale of woe, oh

    Shine on, shine on harvest moon up in the sky

    I ain't had no lovin' since January, April, June, or July

    Snow time ain't no time to sit outdoors and spoon

    Shine on, shine on harvest moon for me and my gal

  • Kevin Embleton - Vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar

    John Finley - Electric guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals

    Jake Yonkers - Electric guitar, background vocals

    Brandon Covey - Bass, Upright Bass

    Matt Kurtz – Drums, percussion

    Additional Musicians: Joe Kurtz (pedal steel), Anya Rose (vocals), Jocelyn Embleton (saxophone, vocals), Ron Flack (hammond, rhodes), Cody J. Martin (Harmonica), Angus Farquharson (Cornet).

    Produced by John Finley and Kevin Embleton

    Engineered and Mixed by John Finley at the Alta House

    Additional Engineering by Kevin Embleton

    Mastered by J.J. Golden at Golden Mastering

    Printed by Discmakers (Maybe)

    Art direction and design - Luke Shuman (www.lukeshuman.com)

    Typography – Mark Davis

    Photography - John Finley, Matt Kurtz, John King

    Drawing - Alex Embleton

    All songs written by Kevin Embleton except Sad Songs And Waltzes by Willie Nelson © 1973 Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Leaving For Good by Kevin Embleton and Josh Graber, Her Name Was Grace by Kevin Embleton and John Finley, Punches by Kevin Embleton and Mike Barrow.

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