Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit & David Crosby & Jay Buchanan
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Only Children is the third single to be released from Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit’s upcoming album Reunions. The nostalgic acoustic ballad explores a relationship between the narrator and a formative relationship of a friend who shared an affinity for writing and died unexpectedly. The song also m...
[Verse 1]
Walking around at night
Fighting my appetite
Every kid in cutoffs could be you
Remember when we used to meet?
At the bottom of Mobile Street
And do what the broken people do
[Chorus 1]
Are you still taking notes?
The Holy Ghost could get inside you
You'd do whatever you put your mind to
Will you read me what you wrote?
When we were locked outside the building
Over encouraged, only children
[Verse 2]
Cold coffee on the fire escape
We bet it all on a demo tape
When we still had something left to steal
Remember when we took too much?
To get a little of the human touch
Hand to mouth and reel to reel
[Chorus 2]
Are you still taking notes?
Hydrocodone in your backpack
Maybe these words will hold the beast back
Will you read me what you wrote?
The one I said you stole from Dylan
Over encouraged, only children
[Bridge]
"Heaven's wasted on the dead"
That's what your mama said
And the hearse was idling in the parking lot
She said you thought the world of me
And you were glad to see
They finally let me be an astronaut
[Chorus 3]
Are you still taking notes?
Will you have anyone to talk to?
Castle walls that you could walk through
And do the dead believe in ghosts?
Or are you lost in some old building
With over encouraged only children?
Only Children was written by Jason Isbell.
Only Children was produced by Dave Cobb.
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit released Only Children on Fri Mar 27 2020.
My wife Amanda [Shires] and I were in Greece, on Hydra, the island Leonard Cohen had lived on and, I think, the first place he ever performed one of his songs for people. We were there with a couple of friends of ours, Will Welch and his wife Heidi [Smith]. Will was working on a piece on Ram Dass fo...