I'm the last of the Hollers
And the last there will be
Cause the bloodline is broke
And it dies here with me
I was born on the hard land
With the crabgrass and nettles
But we Hollers were harder
And our hearts were all metal
Yeah we Hollers were harder
And our hearts were all metal
I was raised in the light
Of a lord I'd not chosen
And the eyes of a father
That left me all frozen
I was raised to be bloodless
I was raised to be quick
I was raised to strike back
And to not say Jack
I was raised to strike back
And to not say Jack Shhhhhhh
But the words my mother swore
I leave them at the door
And the blues my father wore
They don't fit me no more
They don't fit me no more
They don't fit me no more
Now you’ve heard them all say
How we beat that poor Miller boy
Till you couldn't even tell
He was a Miller no more
They say that we snuck down
Deep in the holler
And we strychnine-d that well
Over hardly a dollar
Yeah we strychnine-d that well
Over hardly a dollar
Well I'm not denying
Or admitting to Jack
But I will say there's a roadmap
Of scars on my back
You can follow these scars
Like the length of a whip
Til you see for yourself
How I never quite fit
Til you see for yourself
How I never quite fit
And the bruises that I wore
I leave them at the door
And the silence that I swore
Lies shattered on the floor
And the blues my father wore
They don't fit me no more
They don't fit me no more
They don't fit me no more
I’m the last of the Hollers
I’m the last of the Hollers
And the last there will be
Cause the bloodline is broke
And it dies here with me
Yeah the bloodline is broke
And it dies here with me
Yeah the bloodline is broke
And it dies here
credits
from Better Devil,
track released July 1, 2019
Written by Austin MacRae
Recorded live at Electric Wilburland Studio, Newfield, NY
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Cass Medcalf
Austin MacRae: vocals, guitar
Devon MacRae: harmony vocals, guitar
Jen Cork: harmony vocals
Sophie MacRae: nyckelharpa
Casey Widger: upright bass
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