John Moreland | Cataclysm Blues No. 4 | Afterhours Session #81

We met up with John Moreland at a park near downtown Tulsa. The park was a spectacle, with Christmas lights in the foreground decorating the Tulsa skyline. Moreland's voice is rugged and weathered, both when he talks and sings. His songs are altogether personal affairs, yet relatable in a genuine, human sort of way. He's truly a master-class storyteller.

[@FlyingOriginal]

This song needed the lyrics for too long, so I went ahead and did it myself:
Well, you gave me everything and I gave you clouds of smoke,
You needed the work, you said I could use some hope,
You’re a brilliant golden ray, I guess I only work in gray,
Darlin’ take my hand, and pray, no one gets the joke.
Well, the saints starting marchin’, to a broken beat,
They’re pullin’ pieces of glass from of the bottoms of their feet,
And I got everybody fooled, I never followed my own roads,
But I still seek proof from everyone I meet.
We gotta learn to let it go,
You don’t have to lose your name,
To lose control.
You got this weary old heart, you just can’t make it new,
And the wolves call it sacred, but that don’t make it true,
The daughter of a king, swoopin’ in on sparrow’s wings,
But you left carryin’ the very stones they threw at you.
When David told the captain to let Uriah bleed,
When life begs the price, of all your deepest dreams,
Don’t they always wish you well, before they sentence you to hell,
And did the good lord see you suffer, and let it be?

[@pernellwhitaker3422]

I'm a non-English native speaker and I thank you so much for your effort...I had been trying for months to catch the lyrics he's singing.

[@martinparidon9056]

Nothing better to discover John Moreland songs first time 😍

[@keithsaulsbury4304]

John Moreland sounds best just like this. no studio, live, no effects no polish. he doesn't need that stuff. it actually takes away from his brilliance in my opinion. just John and his guitar are perfect.

[@nicholasrourke3836]

John is so so good

[@ryanisley3953]

Thank you John your songs has been my life lately. Thanks for helping get through these times. I noticed the water tower Coweta Oklahoma. On one of your song's.

[@wolfcreekboys7353]

Awesome video! Love this guys music.

[@estoicepicur8046]

wow!!! Amazing!

[@mygma243]

Awesome ❣

[@lowcountrysouthcarolinaradio]

John is so awesome! Great job on the video work!

[@frankmurphy8013]

Dope.

[@jaredhigdon1680]

Can't find lyrics for this anywhere.

[@ruffynest1429]

Jared Higdon try listening. And write them down 😉

[@frankmurphy8013]

If you don't, then I'm gonna put you through the fuckin wall!!!!

[@joshuasolomon2573]

Where was this video shot?

[@zackfick1816]

Tulsa

[@gelsenkirschtorte]

dalibor ich brauch deine nummer 😁