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Halfway Down

from Witness by Angela Easterling

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about

As a mother and as an American, I am heartsick over the endless cycle of gun violence in this country. I was pregnant with my now 9-year-old when Sandy Hook happened, and I remember thinking, “Surely by the time my child is in school, things will have changed.” He is going into 4th Grade this year, and they only seem to have gotten worse. I feel so much anger and hopelessness. I worry every day sending my children to school. We live down the street from a fire station and a church, and every time there is one of these mass shootings, they lower their flags to half-staff. It has started to seem like they are “Halfway Down” all the time.

lyrics

HALFWAY DOWN

This morning's like a penny - all bright shiny and new

The mean old summer heat is gone, the fall air's kissed with dew

I hear my children laughing – no they ain’t seen the news

I breathe a prayer of thanks they’re safe at home right now



I drive the long road into town

And all the flags are halfway down

I try to make my peace with this strange ground

On the long road into town.



Another man, another gun, American as pie

And nothing ever changes and no one's asking why

We offer up our thoughts and prayers, we shake our fists and cry

Then go back to our own busy lives.



We drive the long road into town

See the flags are halfway down

We try to make our peace with this strange ground

On the long road into town.



And they'll raise them back up again, but then

in a week or maybe two you'll see....



That on the long road into town

The flags are back.... halfway down

And then we'll make our peace with that strange ground

On the long road into town.

credits

from Witness, released October 28, 2022
All songs written by Angela Easterling

©2017-2021 DE L’EST Music (ASCAP)

Except:

Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)

By Woody Guthrie and Martin Hoffman

©1961, 1963 Ludlow Music (BMI)



Produced by Brandon Turner.



Tracks 1, 3, and 10

Recorded at Studio 101, Woodruff, SC

Engineered and mixed by Brad Phillips.



Tracks 2, 4, 8 and 9

Recorded at Southeastern Sound, Campobello, SC

Engineered and mixed by Buddy Strong.

With additional recording at Mill Street Studio, Inman, SC.



Tracks 5, 6, 7, 11, and 12

Recorded at Studio 101, Woodruff, SC

Engineered and mixed by Ian Guthrie.



Additional recording for all tracks at Crooked Floor Studio, Greer, SC

Engineered by Brandon Turner.



Mastered by James DeMain at Yes Master, Nashville, TN.



Musicians:



Brandon Turner: Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Lap Steel, Resonator Guitar, Bass (Track 2), Upright Bass (Track 5), Piano, Organ, Banjo, Harmony Vocals.



Don McGraw: Bass



Jeff Hook: Drums and percussion (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, and 12)



Scott Stinson: Drums and percussion (Tracks 3, 5, and 8)



Ted Lucktenberg: Mandolin (Track 5), Cello (Track 11)



David Rice: Fiddle (Track 5)



Fayssoux Starling McLean: Harmony Vocals (Track 5)



Ian Guthrie: Harmony Vocals (Tracks 5, 7, and 12)



Angela: Vocals, Harmony Vocals, and Acoustic Guitar.

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Angela Easterling Greer, South Carolina

"Angela Easterling is a bright shining star on the horizon! Her gift is so special. Brought me back to the time the Byrds recorded "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" - tradition meets youthful exuberance!" Roger McGuinn, The Byrds

Angela is a 4 time Kerrville New Folk Finalist,
2 time Wildflower Songwriting Finalist and a Telluride Troubadour. ... more

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