The Wichita Waltz
from Ghost Towns by John Statz
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This song began as a collaborative effort between songwriters Jeremiah Nelson, Brooks West, and Brad Hoshaw at a songwriter's retreat next to Lake Michigan, north of Sheboygan, WI. Unfinished there, John picked it up and finished it with Jeremiah in Madison, September 2009. Its a sad country song about love lost out on the plains.
lyrics
It was cold in the spring,
we lived under turpentine skies.
The blue prairie wind,
kicked up the dust in our eyes.
With your dad in the war,
and your mom working doubles each night.
Well she gets home at daybreak,
sits at the table and cries.
"Where have you gone, my truest one?
Where have you been, my lonesome love?"
That summer went fast,
and we'd become lovers by fall.
We saved up some cash,
for a place outside Wichita.
Kept missing our payments,
and the bank it took back our home.
And I took to drinking,
and left you late nights a lone.
"Where have you gone, my truest one?
Where have you been, my lonesome love?
What could I have done?
What could I have done?
What could I have done?"
Now the house sitting empty,
and I'm on the road every week.
Moving freight 'cross the country,
missin' you though we don't speak.
And I kicked the bottle,
but you picked it up is what I heard.
Just watch yourself darlin',
cuz that stuff wont leave you un-burned.
"Where have you gone, my truest one?
Where have you been, my lonesome love?"
we lived under turpentine skies.
The blue prairie wind,
kicked up the dust in our eyes.
With your dad in the war,
and your mom working doubles each night.
Well she gets home at daybreak,
sits at the table and cries.
"Where have you gone, my truest one?
Where have you been, my lonesome love?"
That summer went fast,
and we'd become lovers by fall.
We saved up some cash,
for a place outside Wichita.
Kept missing our payments,
and the bank it took back our home.
And I took to drinking,
and left you late nights a lone.
"Where have you gone, my truest one?
Where have you been, my lonesome love?
What could I have done?
What could I have done?
What could I have done?"
Now the house sitting empty,
and I'm on the road every week.
Moving freight 'cross the country,
missin' you though we don't speak.
And I kicked the bottle,
but you picked it up is what I heard.
Just watch yourself darlin',
cuz that stuff wont leave you un-burned.
"Where have you gone, my truest one?
Where have you been, my lonesome love?"
credits
from
Ghost Towns,
released 12 August 2010
written by Jeremiah Nelson, John Statz, Brad Hoshaw, and Brooks West
John Statz - vocals, acoustic guitar
Ben Johnson - electric guitar
Matt Donoghue - upright bass
Adam Cargin - drums
Whitney Mann - vocals
Jeremiah Nelson - electric guitar
engineered by Jeremiah Nelson & Andrew Hartman
mixed by Jeremiah Nelson
written by Jeremiah Nelson, John Statz, Brad Hoshaw, and Brooks West
John Statz - vocals, acoustic guitar
Ben Johnson - electric guitar
Matt Donoghue - upright bass
Adam Cargin - drums
Whitney Mann - vocals
Jeremiah Nelson - electric guitar
engineered by Jeremiah Nelson & Andrew Hartman
mixed by Jeremiah Nelson
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John Statz is a world-traveling songwriter, playing shows and writing and recording in places like Budapest, Slovenia, ... more Quebec, and Anchorage. For his new album, Old Fashioned, he is bringing it back home. Whereas the previous album (Ghost Towns) was filled with worldly influences and subject matter, Old Fashioned brings us back to the heartland: Midwestern America. less
shows
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Jun 01Denver, CO
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Jun 02Denver, CO
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Jun 03Westminster, CO
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Jun 14San Diego, CA
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Jun 16Santa Ana, CA
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Jun 17Encino, CA
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Jun 18Culver City, CA
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Jul 19Lincoln, NE
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Jul 20Omaha, NE
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Jul 21Kansas City, MO
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Jul 22Lawrence, KS
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Aug 09Spring Green, WI
discography
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Jan 2011 -
Aug 2010 -
Sep 2008 -
Jul 2007 -
Feb 2006
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