Tracks
Iron Hill Road
Artist(s): Jesse Turnbow
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Writer(s):
Jesse Turnbow (ASCAP) 50% / Robert McGilpin (ASCAP) 50%
Publisher(s):
Burnt Toast Music (ASCAP) 100%
Category:
Country
Subcategories:
1990s, Americana, Country, Male Vocal, Western
Keywords:
Backwoods, Battle, Bible Belt, Blood, Change, Cotton Fields, Country Life, Country Road, Deep South, Family, Hard Work, Heart, Heroism, Hills, Home, Love of the Land, Memories, Open Fields, Proud, Red White and Blue, Soldier, Southern, Story Teller, Tennessee, Tradition, Victory
Instruments:
Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Drums, Electric Guitar, Piano, Slide Guitar
Year Recorded:
1993
BPM:
87
Key:
Em
Tempo:
Medium/Midtempo
Time Signature:
4/4
Lyrics:
Iron Hill Road
Lyrics JESSE WAS BORN IN TENNESEE
RAISED IN A TIN ROOF SHACK
AN OLD WOOD SWING ON THE FRONT PORCH
AND A QUARTER MOON SHED OUT BACK
HIS DADDY WORKED THE COTTON FIELDS
MAMA DID THE COOKING AT HOME
IRON HILL ROAD'S WHERE HE GREW UP
IT'S PART OF HIS FLESH AND BONE
HE USED TO WALK THAT LONG AND DUSTY ROAD
GO FISHING AT GREY'S POND
SUNDAY MORNING GO TO CHURCH
THOSE FAMILY TIES WERE STRONG
WELL AFTER SCHOOL HE'D WORK THE FIELDS
WITH ONLY HIS TWO HANDS
THAT SIMPLE LIFE WAS SOMETIMES HARD
IT MADE THAT BOY A MAN
AND THE BLOOD OF THOSE HILLS RUNS DEEP IN HIS VEINS
LIKE A TORCH HE CARRIES ON HIS FAMILY NAME
AND WHEN IT'S TIME TO GO, PLEASE BURY HIM HEART AND SOUL
DOWN ON IRON HILL ROAD
HE LEFT HOME TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY
ON THE DAY HE TURNED EIGHTEEN
JESSE TRAVELED OFF TO FOREIGN LAND
TO PROTECT THE AMERICAN DREAM
HE WAS AMBUSHED OUT ON PATROL
NO CHANCE TO TURN AROUND
SO HE CHARGED AHEAD, SAVED FIFTEEN MEN
BEFORE HE HIT THE GROUND
AND THE BLOOD OF THOSE HILLS RUNS DEEP IN HIS VEINS
LIKE A TORCH HE CARRIES ON HIS FAMILY NAME
AND WHEN IT'S TIME TO GO, PLEASE BURY HIM HEART AND SOUL
DOWN ON IRON HILL ROAD
HE WAS LEFT FOR DEAD AND CAPTURED
AND LOST AMONG THE TEARS
IT WAS LIKE HE ROSE UP FROM THE GRAVE
COMING HOME AFTER ALL THOSE YEARS
HE FOUND THAT SHACK HAD FALLEN
AND THEY PAVED THAT ROAD TO TOWN
BUT WHEN HE STOOD ATOP THAT HILL
JESSE KNEELED AND KISSED THE GROUND
YEH, THE BLOOD OF THOSE HILLS RUNS DEEP IN HIS VEINS
LIKE A TORCH HE CARRIES ON HIS FAMILY NAME
WHEN IT'S TIME TO GO, PLEASE BURY HIM HEART AND SOUL
DOWN ON IRON HILL ROAD
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