Justin Townes Earle
Justin Townes Earle
Justin Townes Earle
Justin Townes Earle
Justin Townes Earle
Justin Townes Earle
Justin Townes Earle
Justin Townes Earle
Justin Townes Earle
Justin Townes Earle
Justin Townes Earle
Taken from Justin Townes Earle’s second album in just over a year, Absent Fathers is the companion piece to 2014’s Single Mothers. Many see it as two pieces of the same concept, but just incomplete enough to see it as a separate project.
I been circling
The side of my hands
Reserves are running low and
I’m looking for a place to land
‘Cause far too young I learned to fly
So I should know now as a man
How to come back down now
I’m looking for a place to land now
I’ve crossed oceans
Fought freezing rain and blowing sand
I’ve crossed lines and roads and wondering rivers
Just looking for a place to land
Now I’ve climbed the heights most weren’t meant to understand now
I’m flying low
And I’m looking for a place to land
‘Cause these once proud engines
They choke up now and then
Now, now I’m starting to lose my faith
But still looking for a place to land
So tower, tower please come in
Where will my engines give out?
When?
How long ago
Did I start my decent?
And if I put down here
Will I ever fly again?
And a voice said seeker come back
Lonely seeker come in
If we can just take it slow
I know I can bring you in
And I touched down and couldn’t find my feet
But you held me up till I could stand
Now I never fly alone
I’ve got a place to land