Nate Allen

This if the Polar Vortex Song Game. The challenge was to write a song that uses one phrase from Edgar Allen Poe's poem, "Alone". Normalizing not reborn As they clouds they hold their form Yes there’s lightning in the sky But the storms not passing by And as myself if I could surrender And to myself if I could surrender from my fear from my past when the things i love don’t last From my sorrow i cannot (could not) awaken To joy I cannot trespass And as myself if I could surrender And to myself if I could surrender From the truth to the trial Facing failure since a child Upon a walk right through the valley Looking behind And as myself if I could surrender And to myself if I could surrender

Cover by Nate Allen. In 2012, we broke down 16 times between Oklahoma City and Midland, Texas - which is why I chose to cover this song. Thanks Matt for letting to take a crack at it. Lord knows it’s a hard road from here to Midland Texas Lord knows it’s a hard road when you’re always breaking down Wanted in Texas so I was playing it cool in a Dodge City Saloon. Who came in? It was that dreaded one, the deputy Wyatt Earp. Handcuffed me. Collected his bounty. Set the bail. Sent me home on the rail. Lord knows it’s a hard road from here to Midland Texas Lord knows it’s a hard road when you’re always breaking down Desolate prairies, these desolate winds I’m singing my hymns on a prison train lord have mercy on an innocent man lord have mercy on me Lord have mercy on an innocent man framed for robbery. lord have mercy on an innocent man lord have mercy on me I've been working on the chain gang while a criminal's living free. Miss my wife, she's a cabaret girl. Please, tell her, I've been framed. In a cell where there ain't a light. There's no chance to escape. See ya in ten if you're still around then otherwise pray for my fate. Lord knows it’s a hard road from here to Midland Texas Lord knows it’s a hard road when you’re always breaking down