The Bird Hunters by Turnpike Troubadours
The Bird Hunters by Turnpike Troubadours

The Bird Hunters

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The Bird Hunters by Turnpike Troubadours

Release Date
Sat Sep 19 2015
Produced by
Matt Wright & Ryan Engleman
Writed by
Evan Felker
About

This song deals with a dilemma as old as civilization: a man who moved to the city feeling ambivalent about the country life he left behind. The song takes place in the country, but the tension in the song arises from a conflict which caused him to leave his girl in Tulsa and head home to Cherokee C...

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The Bird Hunters Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Well the covey took wing
Shotguns a-singing
A pointing dog down in the old logging road
And Danny got three and looked back a-grinning
I fumbled around and I tried to reload
The country was cold with the sun westward sinking
It's good to be back in this place
With my hands around a Belgian made Browning
My mind on the lines of her face

[Verse 2]
Well now Danny's my buddy
We grew up like family
Hunted this timber before we could drive
And the old English Pointer, he once belonged to me
But I give him up when i moved in '05
Off with a girl
Off to the city
Off on a wing and a chance
Hell, I thought it'd play out just like some story
We fell in love at a rodeo dance

[Chorus]
She said, "Go on back to Cherokee County
Won't you crawl back with nothing but a razor and a comb"
Says, "Babe, If you need me I'll be where you found me
Go on to hell, honey, I'm headed home"

[Verse 3]
Dan says, "Look at ol' Jim
A dozen Decembers behind him no worse for the wear
And your time spent in Tulsa did not help your shooting
And look at the gray in your hair
How good does it feel?
You belong in these hills
It's best that you let it all end
If you'd married that girl, you'd have married her family
You dodged a bullet my friend"

[Chorus]
She said, "Go on back to Cherokee County
Won't you crawl back with nothing but a razor and a comb"
Says, "Babe, If you need me I'll be where you found me
Go on to hell, honey, I'm headed home"

[Verse 4]
Ah, and I was beginning to deal with it ending
The old dog had pointed while part of me died
And a flutter of feathers
Then a shotgun to shoulder
I thought of the Fourth of July
She'll be home on the Fourth of July
I bet we'll dance on the Fourth of July

[Pre-Chorus]
Dan says, "Hell of a shot, looks like you still got it
That's what we came here to do
Well, it's light enough still, at the foot of the hill
We could kick up a single or two"

[Chorus]
She said, "Go on back to Cherokee County
Won't you crawl back with nothing but a razor and a comb"
Says, "Babe, If you need me I'll be where you found me
Go on to hell, honey, I'm headed home
Go on to hell, honey, I'm headed home"

The Bird Hunters Q&A

Who wrote The Bird Hunters's ?

The Bird Hunters was written by Evan Felker.

Who produced The Bird Hunters's ?

The Bird Hunters was produced by Matt Wright & Ryan Engleman.

When did Turnpike Troubadours release The Bird Hunters?

Turnpike Troubadours released The Bird Hunters on Sat Sep 19 2015.

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