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NOTHINS WRONG

by Cottonwood Boys

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1.
Skinwalker Ranch 03:49
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Well the boys and I set up our tents Lookin' for a scare, haven't found one yet The night is young just waitin' for a chance The air grew cold and the branches cracked, A coyote howled and we chugged some Jack Drinkin' down at Skinwalker Ranch Well our guide was drunk with a beer in hand Turned into a lady instead of a man The cactuses they all began to dance I felt the hairs raise on my neck Blame it on the triple-sec Somethin's goin' down at Skinwalker Ranch Skinwalker, walkin' this way Please lord let me live to see another day Thought it was a joke but the jokes on me We'll see y'all in the next documentary. We didn't read the sign on the barbed wire fence Now we're doin' shots with the aliens They think they're funny stealin' all of our pants We heard the legend and all the lore Turns out E.T. is a fan of Coors Drinkin' down at Skinwalker Ranch I gave up my wits and picked up a beer Turns out I've been kissing deer The desert's full of strange romance Woke up in bed but I wasn't alone A lady wolf had followed me home Drinkin' down at Skinwalker Ranch Not as scared as they said I'd be Now a cursed woman's mackin' on me What an eerie circumstance Not the worst kiss that I've had Don't know how I'll introduce her to my dad Drinkin' down at Skinwalker Ranch Skinwalker, walkin' this way Please lord let me live to see another day Thought it was a joke but the jokes on me We'll see y'all in the next documentary. Skinwalker, walkin' this way Please lord let me live to see another day Thought it was a joke but the jokes on me We'll see y'all in the next documentary. We'll see y'all in the next documentary.
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Like A Dog, Like A King 03:21
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I’ve been working like a dog So I can live like a king Don’t know any better gotta get up and get her Rise when the morning bird sings Storm came through in the evening Put me right fast asleep Gonna need the extra shuteye Cause somebody's gotta go clear them trees Blizzards stir up in the winter Summer brings the blistering sun Weather doesn’t matter any time of the year Cause there's always work to be done I’ve been working like a dog So I can live like a king Don’t know any better gotta get up and get her Rise when the morning bird sings I’ve been working like a dog So I can live like a king Don’t know any better gotta get up and get her Rise when the morning bird sings Two steel toes with holes in the front Denim caked in dust and mud Everybody’s got a piece of blue collar in 'em Ain’t no one got a right to judge There’s a world out there full of different folks Just living for what makes them smile Working our tails and busting our backs Just to make this life worthwhile I’ve been working like a dog So I can live like a king Don’t know any better gotta get up and get her Rise when the morning bird sings I’ve been working like a dog So I can live like a king Don’t know any better gotta get up and get her Rise when the morning bird sings Some dig ditches And others lay stones Some work the bars Some keep a clean home Some play guitar Just to make life better Whatever makes you feel it Gotta get up and get er I’ve been working like a dog So I can live like a king Don’t know any better gotta get up and get her Rise when the morning bird sings I’ve been working like a dog So I can live like a king Don’t know any better gotta get up and get her Rise when the morning bird sings I’ve been working like a dog (Some dig dig ditches and others lay stones) So I can live like a king (Some work the bars, some keep a clean home) Don’t know any better gotta get up and get her (Some guitar just to make life better) Rise when the morning bird sings (Whatever makes ya feel it gotta get up and get her) I’ve been working like a dog Some dig dig ditches and others lay stones) So I can live like a king (Some work the bars some keep a clean home) Don’t know any better gotta get up and get her (Some write music just to make life better) Rise when the morning bird sings
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Gold On A Sieve 03:32
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I need to live my god I need to live Been taking so long, time to give what I can give Searching for joy like gold on a sieve I need to live My God I need to live We've been playing the bars for the last five years Sometimes the people dance others nobody's here Sometimes the night lights a fire in my soul Other nights I'm stuck digging deep in a hole The highs are like peaks, the lows like a grave The times they get hard when the bills need to be paid Got a girl back home that loves the songs that I sing Otherwise this guitar would be the death of me I need to live my god I need to live Been taking so long, time to give what I can give Searching for joy like gold on a sieve I need to live My God I need to live A good friend of mine just returned with a tale From Georgia to Maine, five months on that trail We toasted some Hamms and we tore up the town And he told me the stories, the ups, and the downs I looked at myself and the debts that I owe Thinking what it would take to leave it all and go And that’s when the thought occurred to me I’ve never known what it means to be free I need to live my god I need to live Been taking so long, time to give what I can give Searching for joy like gold on a sieve I need to live My God I need to live Watching the sun from the country line The road is wide open for the very first time Heading down the 44 and not stopping til I’m gone And no one will ever tell me I’m wrong I need to live my god I need to live Been taking so long, time to give what I can give Searching for joy like gold on a sieve I need to live My God I need to live Woah My God I need to live Woah
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Shit Outta Luck 03:10
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Grab the kids, grab the dogs, put them in the trunk Grab a bottle just because we don't give a (what) Here we go again Shit outta luck Makin' moves, takin' names, never quiet down Rat-Tailed Jimmy, he's still runnin' this here town Here we go again Shit Outta Luck I don't understand the things that you do That's ok cause I really don't want to I'm just lookin' from the outside in I don't know if I'm goin where I've been My girl left about a quarter to three All she said was she was done with me Here we go again Shit outta luck Quittin' my job I don't pay my rent My whole life I've been livin' in debt Here we go again Shit outta luck I don't understand the things that you do That's ok cause I really don't want to I'm just lookin' from the outside in I don't know if I'm goin where I've been
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Life Of A Fool 04:09
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I can barely see the bartender Through my cigarette smoke that's burning white to gray My Manhattan’s still unmade Cause my tabs is still unpaid And it aint getting shorter by the day After stumbling back out in the sun It occurs to me that the sun is out I’ve got so many folks to see They make a dollar off of me What lucky folks to have me around The days they pass but never change My thoughts and I are riding different trains Til it comes back to me That’s the way that it will be Everyday in the life of a fool Big Ol Ronnie is my favorite, he pours me strong We've got this runnin' joke that his name is actually Jack But he never makes a show Cause we’re buddies don’t you know That’s what I love about him, good ol Pat. The cider is coldest at the Oak But the ladies love me down at the Bull (at least I think?) And when supper rolls around I head to Marv’s downtime Cause the popcorn’s free and I eat until I’m full The days they pass but never change My thoughts and I are riding different trains Til it comes back to me That’s the way that it will be Everyday in the life of a fool There's plenty of friends that say my living's rough Many think that I might just die But what do they all know Because my glass is always full Just lay me up a headstone where I lie The days they pass but never change My thoughts and I are riding different trains Til it comes back to me That’s the way that it will be Everyday in the life of a fool Til it comes back to me That’s the way that it will be Everyday in the life of a fool
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Upper Hand 03:03
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(This is your pilot speaking uhh Go ahead and buckle in uhh We are gonna have some turbulent skies today uhh) Bloodshot eyes Towers warn Bumpy skies Two hours more Plane just took off just left the ground He cant let his buddies down His brain's flying at the speed of sound He's got the upper hand Hasn't slept a wink in days Everybody seems amazed he's still alive this far. Bloodshot eyes Towers warn Bumpy skies Two hours more Three long weeks been on the run He's takin pills and always spun I just hope that he don't have gun He'd have the upper hand Hasn't slept a wink in days Every body seems amazed He's still alive this far (This is your pilot speaking uhh If you look out your window to your left uhh you'll see the scene of the accident) Bloodshot eyes Towers warn Bumpy skies Two hours more Bumpy skies Towers warn Bloodshot eyes Two hours more Bought a plane in Kokomo, Ducky and Bif and the dough We're flying south, down to the coast We've got the upper hand There's a car waiting when we land Don't talk just understand We gotta to stick with the plan Bloodshot eyes Towers warn Bumpy skies Two hours more
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World Too Big 04:11
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The only man that you'll ever truly know Is the one hidden behind your eyes Even the ones that we love live on borrowed time Be kind, tell them no lies Never waste your breath on stubborn ears You'll drown in the ocean of those that won’t hear Each of us carries our own weight to bear Time moves quickly, it’s a passionate affair So long so fast But please understand It’s you and me And a world that’s just too big not to go see I know We wander and we roam And this is the end I’ll see you on the other side my friend There ain’t a single thing that we take when we depart A name is all we leave behind And it’ll never walk its way into your hands It’s out there for you to go find Only fools build towers in their name The stones know whose blood in which they are stained Only strong hands can fully build a wall The ones who hide behind it are crushed when they fall So long so fast But please understand It’s you and me And a world that’s just too big not to go see I know We wander and we roam And this is the end I’ll see you on the other side my friend I’ll see you on the other side my friend So long so fast But please understand It’s you and me And a world that’s just too big not to go see I know We wander and we roam And this is the end I’ll see you on the other side my friend I’ll see you on the other side my friend
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Bonnie & Clyde 03:59
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My next failed-love song’s seated on leather at the end of a copper-top bar I can tell by the broken nails and messy hair she’s the kind I’m gonna take too far And I know by the scars on my weathered intuition we’re bound to be a flash in a pan I ain’t Nostradamus but I can see the future we got nine weeks, maybe ten Let’s go down and say that we tried We can drown, swept up in the tide Take a last-ditch trip to Louisiana like a broken-hearted Bonnie and Clyde And fill each other’s hearts full of bullet holes at the end of the ride All my boys say to spend a little time with myself but I ain’t too good of company Not compared to a silver blonde, tattooed mama with her thighs on either side of me And I pour one out on my wildfire heart before I go and light it again Just give me one reason and I’m yours for the night, the week, the month baby just say when Let’s go down like a white water river ride We can leave this town and all our friends behind Take a last-ditch trip to Louisiana like a broken-hearted Bonnie and Clyde And fill each other’s hearts full of bullet holes at the end of the ride Let’s light up this house again (Again) The bars, the bottles, the beauty and the bodies are the only thing I still can’t shake Many other ghosts have been laid to rest but it's the ladies that keep me awake And I’m guilty of getting into situations just to have a good story to tell Cause at the end of the day we all say thanks, goodbye, I wish you well (wish you well) Let’s go down and say that we tried We can drown, swept up in the tide Take a last-ditch trip down to Louisiana like a broken-hearted Bonnie and Clyde And fill each other’s hearts full of bullet holes at the end of the ride Let’s go down like a white water river ride We can leave this town and all our friends behind Take a last-ditch trip to Louisiana like a broken-hearted Bonnie and Clyde And fill each other’s hearts full of bullet holes at the end of the ride
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JAMES BROWN 03:00
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Woke up this morning on the balcony Just my socks can't find my keys Bus leaves in ten, that's a little tight Nothin's wrong, I'm alright Nothin's wrong, I'm alright Outta my mind, not outta sight Feelin' good, no fuss or fight Nothin's wrong, I'm alright Got a cold sweat, chill in my bones Hair of the dog, back on the road Out on love, high as a kite Nothin's wrong, I'm alright Nothin's wrong, I'm alright Outta my mind, not outta sight Feelin' good, no fuss or fight Nothin's wrong, I'm alright (nothin's wrong) Goin' up, trying to get down I smell good, I make love good just like James Brown Get up off of that thing tonight Nothin's wrong, I'm alright Nothin's wrong, I'm alright Outta my mind, not outta sight Feelin' good, no fuss or fight Nothin's wrong, I'm alright (Don't you think your fans will be concerned?) Nothin's wrong, I'm alright Outta my mind, not outta sight Feelin' good, no fuss or fight Nothin's wrong, I'm alright (nothin's wrong) Nothin's wrong, I'm alright (why is that ladies?) Nothin's wrong, I'm alright (jam)

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Written, performed, and engineered almost entirely by Tom Frear and Clayton Ryan, "NOTHINS WRONG" was produced over the course of less than three months at the duo's grain-silo, hemp-crete studio in downtown Rapid City.

From fast nu-grass and seedy hot jazz to swanky swamp rock, Cottonwood Boys take you on an acoustic music road trip, with inspiration from the plains they come from and the mountains they now inhabit and everywhere in between. Inspired by artists such as Old Crow Medicine Show, The Devil Makes Three, and Sierra Ferrell, the album sits at home among Americana musicians that wish to break from the stale country mold.

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released September 23, 2022

All tracks Written, Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered by Clayton Ryan and Tom Frear at Cottonwood Studios in Rapid City, SD.

Clayton Ryan: Vox, acoustic guitar, banjo (1,2,3,7), upright bass, resonator guitar (2,4,8), Irish Bizouki (1, 7)

Tom Frear: Vox, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar (7), electric guitar (1,4), lap steel (6), banjo (6,9), drums and percussion, spoons (5)

Kyle Blessing: Violin (3)
Alex Massa: Trumpet (5)
Roger Shriver: Harmonica (1,2,4)

Album Artwork by Clayton Ryan

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Cottonwood Boys Rapid City, South Dakota

Acoustic Strummin', Pickin,' and Hollerin.'

From the oily floors of the garage to the sticky counters of the bar, the Cottonwood Boys sound speaks to anyone who's wondering "Where is a song about me?"

Bluegrass? Alt Country? Mountain Music? They aren't sure.

In fact, they are too busy trying to sell a song or find a meal to really care but they'll hear you out. ... more

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