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What Makes the Old Songs Old?

from Somewhere in the Middle by Wes Weddell

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Recorded by Kevin Bressler at Whiny Cat Audio, Seattle
Produced by Wes Weddell
Inspired by David Lasky's and Frank M. Young's "The Carter Family: Don't Forget This Song"

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What makes the old songs old?
Why do they settle in our bones?
Is there something in the source,
Something in the sound?
Just how far back do you think they go?

What makes the long road long?
Why do we push on through the fog?
Is it something in our nature,
Something in our will?
Is it more about the going or the gone?

What makes the good times good?
Some memories shine brighter than the others ever could
Is it something ’bout the people
Something ’bout the work?
Is it knowing that we made it through the woods?

What makes a true love true?
How do you know when it’s found you?
Is it something in the feeling,
Something in the stars?
Is it something that just anyone can do?

What makes the old songs old?
Some melodies never grow cold
Can we reach back through the years,
Reach across the miles?
Do we sing because we have no other choice?

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from Somewhere in the Middle, released January 1, 2019
WW: guitar; vocal

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Wes Weddell Seattle, Washington

For the past twenty years, Wes Weddell has worked multiple shifts in the engine room of Seattle’s roots music scene as frontman, sideman, writer, teacher, and community-builder. "Always heartfelt and well-constructed" ("Seattle Weekly"), listeners have come to expect Weddell's songs to "speak for themselves" ("No Depression"). ... more

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