Dead South, The - Down That Road Lyrics

Just some much enjoyment finding new tracks that I haven't heard before, as a new fan it just blows me away how good these guys are and how original the tracks sound!!

I wouldn’t go down that road no sir

Definitely go see these guys great atmosphere with the stage and lighting

This Saturday!!!!

Best band

Anyone got the chords and strumming pattern?

So then we go on down that road,breaking your backs and breaking your souls,momma said I'd die before I get old

Saw them at bogarts cincinnati last awesome

Love that gravelly (that's a word, right?) voice.

These Saskatchewan boys put the blues in bluegrass

i literally can not stop listening to the Dead South. Every new piece i come across has been nothing but enjoyable ear candy. love love love this band.

Saskatchewan boys.

This video has been on for more then 4 years,  How is it I just heard of this band a couple days ago?

Why do I think about "the Outlaw Josey Wales" when I listen to this song?

This sounds like a song from a Tarantino film, like The Hateful Eight. Had someone told Tarantino about these guys?

This band pisses excellence .

This song would fit well with the Red Dead Redemption 2 soundtrack, am I only one who thinks that?

I was thinking the EXACT same thing

Almost all their songs would.

WTF!!!? My new favorite band and singer. Ever. This absolutely amazing. Holy shit. The oilfield loves y'all brothers

Great song, never heard something like it.
I'm just mind blown, congrats.

I can't stop listening to these guys they blow my mind. The blending of blues/rock/bluegrass just incredible . Lyrically, instrumentally, vocally could they be any better? HELL NO!!

Wow, this vocals are "GoD"!!!!

The banjo is absolutely the best I have ever heard. Fucking amazing. Why are these guys not recognised by more fans? Are people really so hypnotized by media that they cannot trust their own ears?

I just discovered this band! And I LOVE THEM ! PLEASE COME TO COLORADO!!!

They will be in Fort Collins on the 10 of Oct and Denver on the 11th of Oct.!

@polaroid2000 I was there. They were amazing. My favorite band. Real musicians. What a concept! Long live The Dead South! I love The sound effects of the hooting and hollering 1st the end.

I love this group, they got that bluegrassy feel with rock.. That Bastard Son was brilliant!! keep em coming Boys, Shelby W

Love you guys wow

It is in our souls. It does not matter where we are from. If you feel it, you are home.

Amen, brother.

HOLY FUCKIN HELL !! THIS IS SO BADASS !! I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW I NEEDED THIS SONG IN MY LIFE !! 😎🤘

So sick!!

Chris Girard right !!! Like holy shit !! 😮

Kody Sauvé. I love all kinds of music from reggae Jamaican dancehall metal Sun Country some bluegrass. Horns funk you name it. These guys are f****** bad ass!!

Somehow this song gave me goosebumps. Simply badass! 👌

Omg just found you last week and just whoa! Listned to this song and had to think about Sons of Anarchy immediately...perfect fit <3

discovered by accident some time back; in a time when people are looking a unique sound this about as unique and original as I've heard in a long time.

Impresionante!

Simply Great...and even better live my boys!!

Just ya know, your typical story of a father hunting down and murdering his son for burning his house down and raping his wife.

Oh how I love these gritty ditties

Modern Country music is PBR. This music is a smokey Whiskey; made to be savored and always gone too quickly.

Travis Lackey not all of it, Zac Brown still writes some good stuff!

This song would have fit perfectly
in the FX Series "Justified"

I'm trying to get my friend into that amazing show. I hadn't finished it yet, so don't tell me the ending haha. But I hope to watch it with them. Such a damn good show though. I think I was in season 4 or so.

Oh, well we run to the break of day
The old man groaned as we rolled away
The women wept as we sped on by
We hung our heads low
As they raised their flags high

Then we grabbed our guns and shot away
He's killed all our brothers on a Saturday
Our blood's dishonored and our wounds were deep
Old Jesse James, well, he won't even take a peep

So then we go on down that road
Breakin' your backs and breakin' your souls
Breakin' your backs and breakin' your souls
The girls said I die before I get old

The war is over and the graves were deep
The sun was down just like my brother Rim's keep
You burned my house and you raped my wife
I fall to my knees and I pray to the Lord
That I can kill that fucker tonight!

So then we go on down that road
Breakin' your backs and breakin' your souls
Breakin' your backs and breakin' your souls
Mama said I die before I get old

(Oh, hey their dad[?])
Don't you know who I am?
No motherfucker, don't give a God damn!

So then we go on down that road
Breakin' your backs and breakin' your souls
Breakin' your backs and breakin' your souls
Mama said I die before I get old

Mama said I die before I get old
Mama said I die before I get old
Mama said I die before I get old
Mama said I die before I get old
Mama said I die before I get old

Already posted

Canada Home for the boys...rest...see your family and kick ass!!

I can almost hear Stevie Ray in his voice.

Welcome Back Boys...Canada your home!!

Oh, well we run to the break of day
The old man groaned as we rolled away
The women wept as we sped on by
We hung our heads low
As they raised their flags high

Then we grabbed our guns and shot away
He's killed all our brothers on a Saturday
Our blood's dishonored and our wounds were deep
Old Jesse James, well, he won't even take a peep

So then we go on down that road
Breakin' your backs and breakin' your souls
Breakin' your backs and breakin' your souls
The girls said I die before I get old

The war is over and the graves were deep
The sun was down just like my brother Rim's keep
You burned my house and you raped my wife
I fall to my knees and I pray to the Lord
That I can kill that fucker tonight!

So then we go on down that road
Breakin' your backs and breakin' your souls
Breakin' your backs and breakin' your souls
Mama said I die before I get old

(Oh, hey their dad[?])
Don't you know who I am?
No motherfucker, don't give a God damn!

So then we go on down that road
Breakin' your backs and breakin' your souls
Breakin' your backs and breakin' your souls
Mama said I die before I get old

Mama said I die before I get old
Mama said I die before I get old
Mama said I die before I get old
Mama said I die before I get old
Mama said I die before I get old

The first I'd die before I get old was his mama too, not the girls

Elise Fanel thank you ❤🇺🇸

>(Oh, hey their dad[?])

Isn't is supposed to be
"Oh, hey. They're dead?"

Awesome! I absolutely love the dark edge to it and western and bluegrass flavors. It made me think of either a gritty western movie, or like a Cullen Bohannon type character from the TV show Hell on Wheels during their time in the Civil War and then afterwards in the Old West. I think one lyric does say that the 'war' ended. I think that might be the American Civil War. It also mentions flags earlier in the song, and then grabbing guns and firing away, which sounds like defenders trying to fight off an advancing column of troops--who would've had flags.

In their song "The Good Lord" they are absolutely talking about the Civil War, and so I always assumed this was the same. I saw them in Fort Collins, CO, and while they did not play until very late, and after two terrible opening bands, they delivered, and the show was amazing. I cannot understand why there are not more Dead South fans, or why pedestrian bands like Mumford and Sons rule the air waves.

I literally can not stop listening to this band..

I have to have a daily Dead South dose every day! I saw them in Fort Collins, Colorado, and they were amazing! I had to wait through two TERRIBLE opening bands first, which I just do not understand. These guys should be playing venues like Red Rocks! What is up with people who flock to generic, in musical bands like Milford and Sons, whose last (hit) was called something like, Guiding Light, and is an insult to the instruments they cannot play with any degree of mastery. How can anyone make such beautiful musical instruments sound so generic, pedestrian, basic, lacking any semblance of musical talent? I digress; The Dead South are some of the most amazing, talented, creative, and accomplished musicians making music today! Why do so many prefer to listen to prefabricated, mind numbing music? It frightens me for our future. Where are the fans of REAL MUSIC?

2 years later, I still cant stop listening!

Here I am up until 3 am because I have to keep listening. You guys are a special talent! Can't wait to see where the road takes you!

Amazing stuff!! Love you guys!

Mmm this is tasty

have this on repeat, it's so hype-y and melodic and just great to sing along to!

I stumbled across you guys a fee days ago.
You're fucking EPIC!!
Also, your tunes make a great soundtrack to playing Borderlands

you boys are a breath of fresh air!!!!

my confederate blood boils at yalls music.....we are swamp folk from the real Florida...this is the music we long for !!!!!!!

@Buick GSX Thank you.

Confederate?

@BIGBOSSSAINT Just what kind of heritage are you referring to, I wonder? I bet I already know.

@Oliver Wiebe Southern Canada

# Louisiana

omg come to madrid, spain, please! this is so fucking great

Jesus fuck this music is awesome

couldn't be more right.

good Lord that intro is amazing.....

When are these guys going to come home to Canada so I can see them live?

Literally I can't stop listening to this band....please please how do I buy this album?....

Amazon has it

Spotify

Got em on spotify, m80

Don't listen to these guys. Support the band.. Buy it on Bandcamp!

Can somebody please write a lyrics for this song? It's a bit hard, to understand accent and slang.

Oh, well we run to the break of day
The old man groaned as we rolled away
The women wept as we sped on by [?]
We hung our heads low
As they raised their flags high




Then we grabbed our guns and shot away
He's killed all our brothers on a Saturday [?]
Our blood's dishonored and our wounds were deep [?]
Old Jesse James, well, he won't even take a peep [?]




So then we go on down that road
Breakin' your backs and breakin' your souls
Breakin' your backs and breakin' your souls
The girls said I die before I get old




The war is over and the graves were deep [?]
The sun was down just like my brother Rim's keep [?]
You burned my house and you raped my wife
I fall to my knees and I pray to the Lord
That I can kill that fucker tonight!




So then we go on down that road
Breakin' your backs and breakin' your souls
Breakin' your backs and breakin' your souls
Mama said I die before I get old




Oh, hey...their dad! [?]
Don't you know who I am?
No motherfucker, don't give a God damn!




So then we go on down that road
Breakin' your backs and breakin' your souls
Breakin' your backs and breakin' your souls
Mama said I die before I get old




Mama said I die before I get old
Mama said I die before I get old
Mama said I die before I get old
Mama said I die before I get old
Mama said I die before I get old

xAlrunax AA-

Favourite Band ❤️ Absolutely love bluegrass music. Grew up listening to this music, especially my uncles

Saw these guys on the weekend...they put on a good show, let me tell you!! Very high energy!! Highly recommend checking them out live.

Son of a bitch, this is fine as they come.

Impressive gritty vocals, and mandolin, cello, and banjo licks out of this world!!Oh and the amazing guitar strumming :)  Absolutely loving the blend of bluegrass, folk and rock elements. The South Is Dead, Long live the Dead South ! :)

Exactly my thinking

South is not dead! It lives!

Well said.

@Fred Neck These guys are from Canada. I would prefer to leave the old South as a sad memory and burn that flag you posted forever. I am sure the loved ones of Emit Till and the like would agree.

@J. Dee Hobbs What is dead may never die. The South is filled with terrible history, but its going to evolve like bluegrass music is now - into something that carries over its ugly past while still making a new better way forward. People are coming into the south from all over the world and making the South new and better. Just like how the best folk singers seem to be Canadian like The Dead South, everything can and will change