Nocona (High Hangin' On A Limb)

  • From the Album: Nocona
    Written By: Carey Ott
    Publishing: Long Story Short
    Performing Rights: ASCAP
    Date Of Concept: October 1, 2014

Notes

Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Organ, Harmonica, Banjo, Drum Programming
CAREY OTT

Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
RYAN CULWELL

Piano, Synth
NEILSON HUBBARD

Space Guitar
WILL KIMBROUGH

Drums, Percussion, Pots, Pans
EVAN HUTCHINGS

Lyrics

I am a wasted man
Got a pair of gloves for the wasted hands
Found my love in an empty field
Cleared the chaff but I got no yield

Price of bleeding at the Co-op’s down
Show up with a bag to sell
And the old men just shrugged their shoulders
No one’s buying what I’m holding

I been wondering
If life comes down to this
High hanging on a limb

Say you’ll catch me if I fall
I ain’t scared at all
High hanging on a limb
Knock me off I’ll climb back again

Stale coffee in a broken cup
Heading to the auction when the sun comes up
Come a long for a dollar ten
Can’t beat that better build a fence
Used to kill the rabbits with a bat
Thank God man we don’t do that
Trim the jack trees
Up eight foot high standing with a chainsaw
Talking to the sky he said

I been wondering
If life comes down to this
High hanging on a limb

Say you’ll catch me if I fall
I ain’t scared at all
High hanging on a limb
Knock me off I’ll climb back again

Nocona I’m done with you
Oh hell I was just passing through north Texas
On my way to Oklahoma

I been wondering
If life comes down to this
High hanging on a limb

Say you’ll catch me if I fall
I ain’t scared at all
High hanging on a limb
High hanging on a limb
Knock me off I’ll climb back again