Monday August 8, 2022 “Hope the High Road” Jason Isbell

So summertime is when we all have that desire to hit the road, so this week we will be on our own musical road trip and what better place to start than the high road, with Jason Isbell.

After spending six years with the Southern rock outfit the Drive-By Truckers, singer and guitarist Jason Isbell left that group in 2007 to pursue a solo career, and became one of the most successful and respected figures in the alt-country and singer/songwriter communities.

Performing more than 200 shows annually for several years running, Isbell took a breather in 2010 and returned home to northern Alabama. In March 2017, Isbell released "Hope the High Road," the first single from The Nashville Sound, which arrived in June. Credited to Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, the album was fittingly more band-oriented than Isbell's previous two efforts, boasting a bigger and more musically diverse sound.

Stay safe and well…and wherever we are, I hope the high road leads us to a place we want to live in.

I used to think that this was my town

What a stupid thing to think

I hear you're fighting off a breakdown

I myself am on the brink

I used to want to be a real man

I don't know what that even means

Now I just want you in my arms again

And we can search each other's dreams

 I know you're tired

And you ain't sleeping well

Uninspired

And likely mad as hell

But wherever you are

I hope the high road leads you home again

 I've heard enough of the white man's blues

I've sang enough about myself

So if you're looking for some bad news

You can find it somewhere else

Last year was a son of a bitch

For nearly everyone we know

But I ain't fighting with you down in the ditch

I'll meet you up here on the road

 I know you're tired

And you ain't sleeping well

Uninspired

And likely mad as hell

But wherever you are

I hope the high road leads you home again

To a world you want to live in

 We'll ride the ship down

Dumping buckets overboard

There can't be more of them than us

There can't be more

 I know you're tired

And you ain't sleeping well

Uninspired

And likely mad as hell

But wherever you are

I hope the high road leads you home again

To a world you want to live in

To a world you want to live in