Clark, Guy - New Cut Road Lyrics






Coleman Bonner was a fiddle playin’ fool
A backwoods rounder and a breaker of mules
Coleman Bonner’s got a wore out bow
He’s been playin two days down the new cut road

Coleman’s little sister said you better act right Coleman
Daddy;s gone to Louisville He’ll be back tonight
He’s gonna get another wagon and a good pair of mules
And we gonna move to Texas we just waitin’ on you

Coleman’s daddy he pulled up in the yard
He said pack up you lives kids it’s gettin’ to hard
Kentucky’s alright but there’s too many people
Just the other day I thought I saw a church steeple

Coleman said daddy you don’t neet to worry ‘bout me
I’m gonna stay here in Kentucky till the day I d.
I’m gonna drink that sourmash and race that mare
I got me a woman with the fox red hair

Y’all been movin’ west since the day you go married
Well I’m gettin’ off the wagon daddy I’m too old to be carried
I’m gonna stay here in Kentucky where the bluegrass grows
And I’m gonna play it all night down the new cut road

Coleman’s daddy said now what’s it all comin’ to
Young people these days are as stubborn as mules
You can’t make him go he’s too old for that
It’s that damned old fiddle and that bowler hat

Coleman’s mama said le the boy stay cause
He’s raised up right and he can find his own way
But as for me honey I’m with you
I always thought Kentucky was just passin’ through

Coleman’s little sister started in a crying
And his daddy shook his head for the very last time
Coleman’s mama said somebody’s gotta do it
There wouldn’t be no Kentucky unless you didn’t stick to it Coleman

Coleman Bonner stood on the porch of that cabin
And watched em all go to Texas in a covered wagon
He pulled out his fiddle and rosined up his bow
And played a little tune called the New Cut Road





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    Margo Price did this one at her show here in Maine and it was great.

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    go hear Bobby Bare's version. he had a hit with it I think

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    Guy Clarks version’s the best

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    Bare has the "X" on this one. I heard Johnny Gimble played on Bare's session. His fiddle playing knocks me out.

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    i think Bare said ricky Skaggs played fiddle for him on his version. i know he played the mandolin.

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    Have you heard Guy Clarks original version of this, it’s better.

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    the writers version is always the best. bobby bare's version had more fiddle in it , but guy wrote it & he damn well knows how to sing it.

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    Right on!

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    Seems like this came out close to the same time as Homegrown Tomatoes, lol.

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    RIP Guy Clark

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    I love this song but Bobby Bare really owns this one..........

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    +barrygioportmorien1 Yeah, I agree that Bobby Bare definitely does it best.

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    Have you heard Emmylou's version, great rendition too

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    No way !

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    Clark wrote it I think

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    Album session info. August 1980 Magnolia Sound Studios, North Hollywood, CA – Guy Clark (Guy Clark [vcl/gt], Rodney Crowell [gt/vcl], Richard Bennett [gt/steel/triangle], Emery Gordy [gt/mandolin/piano], Hank DeVito [steel/gt], Ernie Ball [bass], Larri Londin [drums/percusion], Ricky Skaggs [fiddle], Glen D. Hardin [keyboards]. Producer: Rodney Crowell)

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    +2packs4sure Thanks for the info on this one. I hadn't listened to Guy Clark in a long long time, but figured I'd go ahead and post this one. Thanks for listening.