Side By Side by Janet Batch

from You Be The Wolf by Janet Batch

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lyrics

we grew up in bars too young to have so many scars
i leaned on you on account of this broken heart
we found each other that summer that we lost my daddy’s farm

even those were better days before we went our separate ways
i caught the first train i found that was headed south
while you hit bottle and hit the throttle and ricocheted around that town

but we were side by side in the beginning
and the one thing nobody told us about this race
that neither one of us is ever winning
yeah ‘cause the high road and the low road yeah they both go to the same place

i heard about you on the news all the trouble you got yourself into
well it’s a far cry from ridin’ to Sunny’s and hangin’ out in that shack on 20
and pissin’ away a sunday afternoon
and Dave he offered me a job and i jumped at the chance to leave
and somebody offered you a needle and all it wants to do
is weasel its way back up your sleeve

but we were side by side when we were little
and the one thing nobody told us about the end
that i’d lose sight of you somewhere in the middle
half expecting to catch a glimpse of you somewhere up around the bend

they told us we’d be forgotten yeah they told us we were low down and rotten
they told the two of us that one day we’d die alone
but i’ve got a man and a piece of land you’ve got yourself your methadone

but we were side by side in the beginning
yeah and the one thing nobody told us about this race
neither one of us is ever winning
yeah ‘cause the high road and the low road yeah they both go to the same place

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from You Be The Wolf, released October 29, 2021

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Janet Batch Ithaca, New York

One part Stevie Nicks, two parts Johnny Cash, singer-songwriter Janet Batch hails from New York’s Finger Lakes region, writing and recording songs inspired by working-class life. Some anthemic, some heartbreaking, many songs harken back to the hardscrabble stories of her youth in the Rust Belt. She fronts a 4-piece band whose sound is reminiscent of seventies and eighties country radio. ... more

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