From the recording Songs From A Dry River
Recording began in March 2023 and completed in December 2023. Mastered by Anna Frick at Ally Mastering. All instruments played by Diamond Jim, except drums programmed in EZ Drummer 3. Electric fiddle is my Bridge Lyra Dragon 5 string.
Lyrics
When the wily winds of winter
Took me on a carnival ride
I crawled back to the station
But the train was not on time
I pressed my face to the window
I saw you looking back at me
You said not today
You said not today
Why not today?
I feel better today
than I ever have
What about today?
I feel better today
Than I ever have
I got a pistol loaded with snake shot
A flask and a belly full of rye
I ‘m going to hop that westbound train
With just a dollar and dime
What was that you said to me?
It’s a good day to die?
Not today
Oh not today
Why not today?
I feel better today,
Than I ever have
What about today?
I feel better today
Than I ever have
The midnight owl is calling me
There’s conflict in the land
The haciendas burning
It's time to take a stand
When you stepped out of the shadows
With a shotgun in your hand
You said its time to go
It was time to go
But not today,
I feel better today
Than I ever have
What about today?
I feel better today
Than I ever have
What about today?
I feel better today
Than I ever have
What about today?
I feel better today
Than I ever have