We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Ditchdigger

by Tyler Lyle

subscriber exclusive
supported by
Sharon Hardee Jimenez
Sharon Hardee Jimenez thumbnail
Sharon Hardee Jimenez The mountains, the golden poppies, blooming bougainvillea, ocean, and warm sunrises where you met Anna await your arrival. Soon. Son.❤️❤️ Favorite track: A Song To Sing.
an_absurdly_generic_name
an_absurdly_generic_name thumbnail
an_absurdly_generic_name For all the faults that may (fairly or no, depending on who you ask) be ascribed here, this is absolute folk-pop gold. A Song To Sing should have been on the radio for a damn year. Ditchdigger should have been the theme for my wedding (if it was big enough to have a PA system); this is one of the most beautiful follow-up songs I've ever been blessed to hear. This is the talent of Mr. Lyle; whatever influences may be applied, the passion and poetry will always shine through. Favorite track: Ditchdigger.
bclover
bclover thumbnail
bclover The hymn-like Ditchdigger reminds me of the band Fun and its lead singer Nate Ruess. The sound quality is another reason with 24 bit flac. Favorite track: Young Men.
Kilian
Kilian thumbnail
Kilian as good as expected, he never disappoints Favorite track: Ditchdigger.
Mary Beth Toles
Mary Beth Toles thumbnail
Mary Beth Toles Tyler! Thank you SO Much for uploading the dichdigger sample! We had it on cd from a shoe but lost it! The girls and I love song to sing!
Bucktoothbooks
Bucktoothbooks thumbnail
Bucktoothbooks It's just so tasty. Bustin' out the musical yums.
more...
1.
Some days I am ceasar Some days I am Christ Some days St. Theresa Some days I play nice And some days I am a mother fucking werewolf I am a cannibal who eats himself alive So if you see me tonight on the floor or the ceiling It depends how I'm feeling maybe you'll take me home And I'll climb your mountain, and build a castle around it But I'll bring my silver bullets just in case Some days you are Elvis Some days Joan of Arc Some nights hallelujah and some just break your heart And some days You are a mother fucking werewolf You are medusa with napalm in your eyes So if I see you tonight on the floor or the ceiling It depends how your feeling maybe I'll take you home Maybe we'll slow dance or build a fort on my big bed But I'm bringing my silver bullets just in case While I was casting demons out of you You were casting demons out of me And now I think it's best we let it be Because I am a werewolf and you are a werewolf and you are a werewolf
2.
The neighbors say we can't play our music loud and they say that we're never gonna make it out of this town, but i'm bound to the sound of randy newman on the stereo I see the sky from where I stand And the gospel comes from a rock-nroll band and I hate everything in this town but you You-shining like a silver spring You-humming "like all i have to do is dream" Yeah you give me, a song to sing Yeah you give me, this feeling And I'm okay with not knowing Where the music is going You give me- a song to sing Here the actors choke on thier razor blades And the sports cars take the ride of way and the frat guys tries to serenade the girls who aren't impressed I've seen the sky from both sides now i don't know when and don't know how but one day i'm bound to leave this town with you You- free like a rolling stone You- "look what they've done to my song, ma" Yeah you give me, a song to sing Yeah you give me, this feeling And I'm okay with not knowing Where the music is going You give me- a song to sing The story of the whole wide world is just a song about a brown eyed girl and a small town boy I know from a spring steen song we’ve only just begun
3.
Young Men 03:54
Young men, they don't take what they've been given Young men, they sing songs about young women They just want to live forever they just want to live forever Amen In a song, when they're gone, Amen And girls, you know I hear that they buy potions Girls, they but creams and lotions. They just want to live forever they just want to live forever Like a daisy never fades, Amen Young brides, they live on through their children And architects, they live on through their buildings Presidents get statues of themselves Novelists get their books on dusty shelves Old men, they are never in a hurry Old men, their faces free from worry They don't care to live forever They don't care to live forever, Amen Just to greet the end, like a friend, Amen The stone, it returns to the ground There are no ghosts, no promises of sacred sounds And the statue disintegrates, And ever word fades from every page Young men, we don't take what we've been given Young men, we write songs about young women We all just want to live forever and we are sorry we will never
4.
Ditchdigger 04:19
I choose my eyes wide open and my heart half broken every time Over a gilded golden shackled reassuring sentimental lie I've seen the rolling meadows and the cruelest ghettos in this town I know the baker and the undertaker and the girl with stars on her gown And the song that sounds the best to me is the chorus of the maple trees And the river bends into the sea, its course is fixed and so are we I got sunshine, sunshine all over me and brown eyes and blue skies are all I see I do not care to offer any commentary on the world I only sing for the pleasure and for a certain sentimental girl I did not come here to establish any new world somewhere up in the clouds I just want to make love in the morning- work till even and then watch the sun go down Oh the aimless and upward climb, the hidden hand, the searching vine And the river bends into the sea, its course is fixed and so are we I got sunshine, sunshine all over me and brown eyes and blue skies are all I see And the strangest fruit- grows from the ledge, oh my friends, my friends- go near to the edge All those who are mining for gold they get pre-maturely old trying not to disappear But me I'm just a ditchdigger, when I'm gone- forget that I was here
5.
You 03:23
I saw the seeds in your heart start to bloom felt strings in your body move till you called my name and said hello you took me up and let me go C'est la vie now you're free and it's not that I'm unhappy and it's not that I'm still blue It's just that I don't like myself as much I liked myself with you You felt good in my lungs and I thought it was enough but you... It's just that once you've tasted flight it's hard to spend the rest of your life bacck on earth grinding gears dreaming about better years C'est la vie now you're free and it's not that I'm unhappy and it's not that I'm still blue It's just that I don't like myself as much I liked myself with you I'm not saying i'm not alright I'm just saying that it'll never be better than it was I'm not saying I don't sleep tight but when I dream of the heights I dream because of you

credits

released April 15, 2014

Producers: Leggy Langdon (Ditchdigger and A Song To Sing); Mark Weinberg (Werewolf); Young Men (Alex Wong); You (Tyler Lyle and Johannes Raassina)

Mastered by Harvey Weinberg

Photos by August Dering www.augustdering.com

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Tyler Lyle Atlanta, Georgia

contact / help

Contact Tyler Lyle

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Tyler Lyle, you may also like: