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Arkansas

by Jesse Hanson

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lyrics

Take me back
To Arkansas
Just before the highways turned into a land I didn't know at all
Take me back
To Michigan
To the place where my grandparents grew
And where my family begins again
Oh, take me back

Take me back
To the middle of Maine
To relive my greatest moments of New England summer days
Oh take me back
To Austin, Texas
Where the music plays so loud there are no words, just only sound
Oh take me back

But don't take me back to my old house
And don't take me back to the East Coast
I don't want to know why or how
People leave the ones they love the most
Like I did
And if you ever took me back
I'd never leave again

Don't take me back
To my driveway
I remember how he held me when the tears fell down my face
Don't take me back
To when we parted ways
I would've loved to stay forever but my time is ticking away
So don't take me back

Don't take me back to my old town
And don't take me back to the crossroads
Don't want to know why or how
People leave the ones they love the most
Like I did
And if you ever took me back
I'd never leave again

So take me back
To Arkansas
Take me anywhere but home, take me anywhere at all
California is strange
But I like it just fine
They say the weather never changes and neither does the time
So don't take me back

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released March 20, 2017
Jesse Hanson - Music, Lyrics, Vox, Acoustic Guitar, Strings, Co-Production
Adam Hanson - Drums, Tambourine, Co-Production
Nathaniel Noton-Freeman - Electric Guitar
Trevor Raffauf - Bass
Adam Tressler - Banjo
Will Wells - Keys

Mixed by Adam Hanson at City Life Studios in Burbank, CA
Mastered by Scott Welch at Blakeslee Recording in North Hollywood, CA

Album artwork by Nathaniel Noton-Freeman

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Boston-based multi-instrumentalist singer/song-doodler

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