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Black Water

from Javelina by Braison Cyrus

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“Blackwater,” a gloriously fiery epic featuring Steve Earle. As Cyrus reveals, the song’s smoldering grooves and jittery guitar riffs emerged in the depths of a brutal heat wave that had overtaken Nashville. “At the time my drummer Blair and I were at my home studio, and we’d just read a story about road rage going up during the heat wave and people getting out of their cars and shooting each other,” he says. “It turned into a song that had this sort of backwoods creepiness to it, which made me think of ‘Copperhead Road’ by Steve Earle. We got in touch with Steve and played ‘Blackwater’ for him, and he recorded his part at [historic New York City spot] Electric Lady Studios. Getting him on the song really grounded it and solidified the whole mood we were going for.”

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The crops are bending in the summer heat
A brawl broke out down on Dixon street
A fighter bragging that he can’t be beat
Young boy rose up and he knocked out his teeth
Now there’s a devil in this little town
Cant stop the rumors from spreading around
They don’t realize their words do them harm
There was murder down at the Jackson’s farm

You talk so loud
Just let me speak
You look so proud
So just go to sleep
You’re looking down
But the well is deep
Coming out of the ground
Black water to drink

He had a motive and no alibi
But nobody saw him with their own two eyes
A shadow outlined a perfect pair
Two bodies found at the county fair

You talk so loud
Just let me speak
You look so proud
So just go to sleep
You’re looking down
But the well is deep
Coming out of the ground
Black water to drink

You talk so loud
Just let me speak
You look so proud
So just go to sleep
You’re looking down
But the well is deep
Coming out of the ground
Black water to drink

You talk so loud
You’ve lost your mind in the heat
You look so proud
The bloody fighter was beat
You’re looking down
But the well is deep
Coming out of the ground
Black Water to drink

credits

from Javelina, track released August 10, 2021
Lead Vocals and Acoustic Guitar- Braison Cyrus
Featured Vocalist- Steve Earle
Bass- Grant Winters
Drums- Blair Winters
Electric Guitar- Dylan Fitch
Keyboard- Robbie Crowell
Producers- Austin Jenkins, Jordan Reed
Mixer and Engineer- Jordan Reed
Mastering- Pete Lyman, Daniel Bacigalupi
Writer- Braison Cyrus

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Braison Cyrus Nashville, Tennessee

JAVELINA is a selection of exquisitely crafted stories, telling tales of haunted souls and lovesick dreamers and hard-living characters pushed to the brink. The album unfolds in a timeless alt-country sound informed by such eclectic touchstones as Levon Helm and spaghetti-western composer Ennio Morricone. 

Braison will release his debut full-length on October 22
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