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What Goes Around

by Greg Hawks

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We Belong To The Sun 04:27
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WE BELONG TO THE SUN By Greg Hawks You know there's a place... Can't ever wait to see Sweet air you can taste....It feels like heaven to me The sky's so big and wide.... It makes you feel so small It settles you inside.... The scale and weight of it all The perfect pitch and tone....Of salt and harmony Goes through my skin and bones....Dissolving into the sea We all belong to the sun And there’s enough for everyone Surrender all control …You've held so tightly to Untie your grounded soul...From all desire in you All that has been broke…Shall be whole again Words need not be spoke...You're bound only to the wind We all belong to the sun And there’s enough for everyone The ages have all gone....There's nothing left to know The time for holding on....Is now for letting go Where the land meets the waves...And the waves they have no end All pain is swept away...And released into the wind La la la la la…
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What Goes Around 03:46
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WHAT GOES AROUND By Greg Hawks Well, you can choose the truth that fits your needs It's not a lie if you believe it to be true But it might come back on you Now it's all worked out so well for you How your story goes really depends on who you are talking to And what they can do for you Well, they say what goes around will come back around And if that’s true, then I know you are going down And all the pain you caused, you’ll get it to know it now And you’ll get to feel the way I do somehow You keep an ace in the hole and a card up your sleeve Whoever deals with you better learn to believe You’re gonna have your way Oh, someone is going to pay Well, you told him a tale and you told me one, too We both bought in, but only one got you I used to think I lost But now he is counting the cost Well, they say what goes around will come back around And if that’s true, then I know you are going down And all the pain you caused, you’ll get it to know it now And you’ll get to feel the way I do somehow If what goes around… Now the truth has a way of coming out And you'll get yours there is no doubt And now everyone knows and so around it goes Well, they say what goes around will come back around And if that’s true, then I know you are going down And all the pain you caused, you’ll get it to know it now And you’ll get to feel the way I do somehow If what goes around… If what goes around…
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We Got Ours 03:08
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WE GOT OURS By Greg Hawks We make mad money because we can Wear designer suits and golf course tans Our gated mansions across this land Are high above the shifting sand Politicians ain’t hard to bribe Who’s elected, we can decide They pony up and don’t ask why ’Cause there’s not much that we can’t buy We sell time bombs wrapped up in bows And clean your clock before they explode Sold down the river before you know We’ll come out smelling like a rose We make our bets as we rig the game So flush your money right down our drain Our pockets are deep so make it rain We feed on suckers, simple and plain They’re too lazy to even care Enough to fight for their own share So trickle down enough scrap and bone Keep their noses to the grindstone Keep the government out of the way And every dog can have its day Let them starve if they can’t eat And sweep their skeletons off the street In wealth we trust, our freedom ring We won’t stop till we own everything We create the jobs for the little man Let his sweat wash his dirty hands Masters of the sleight of hand You can’t catch a good flim-flam man Above the law, can’t go to jail Because we are too big to fail Now boom or bust, we’ll speculate Don’t even try to regulate You only have yourselves to thank And we’re still laughing all the way to the bank We earned our place and you could, too If you would work like we had to Now buckle down if you want more We got ours, now you get yours Say, buckle down, you want more We got ours, now you get yours
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You're Not Alone 03:55
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YOU'RE NOT ALONE By Greg Hawks A torchlight in the depths of darkness struggles to remain And the valley’s full of vipers feeding on your pain The siren songs of fallen angels prey upon your soul Burning rain, like blood it stains their hearts as black as coal Locusts and swarm and pop against the jarring windowpanes Jackals chase and drag you back into the flames Above your silent cries, the crows are whispering your name You ache to feel the sweet relief coursing through your veins Fly above the rain into the astral plane You’re not alone You’re not on your own You’re not too far gone You are not alone A waterfall awaits you just beyond the burning sun For all your life you’ve flown to it as fast as you can run Through the wall of rushing water, you begin to fall Off a cliff you’re tumbling to the bottom of it all But it’s the only thing that quiets down the voices in your head They tell you there’s no use, you’ve joined the living dead You wonder where there is a place where you fit in You’re not welcome where you’re going, can’t go back to where you’ve been So take another spin into the starry wind Oh, the light for which you yearn is there if you will turn Not every bridge is burned, someday you’ll learn You are not alone, you’re not on your own You’re not too far gone, you are not alone
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Life And Love 02:38
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LIFE AND LOVE By Greg Hawks Well, here’s to life and love and here’s to letting go Here’s to living again the only way I know And here’s to never looking back again, oh no I got a different walk and a brand new pair of shoes Well, them old things, they don’t fit the way they used to do Well, it’s Friday night, and I got nothing left to lose But now as days go by, it’s getting harder to wonder why I met a country girl in a dream I had last night Well, she smiled at me and said everything’s going to be alright By the time I left, I was higher than a kite Well, I ain’t gonna fight the things I know I crave I’m gonna watch real close every single word I have to say ‘Cause when it all comes down, it’s only you yourself can save But now as days go by, it’s getting harder to wonder why I’m going down to the store, I’m gonna take a little ride I want to try a few roads I don’t think I’ve ever tried You took me down to the bottom, baby, it’s good on the other side But now as days go by, it’s getting harder to wonder why Yeah, so here’s to life and love and here’s to letting go Here’s to living again the only way I know
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Nothing Under The Sun 03:08
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NOTHING UNDER THE SUN By Greg Hawks Nothing under the sun Will escape its time to pass away The love I give to you is here to stay Well, it all be lost And in a second, tossed and washed away And then the lights go out for days The only world I know In a gust of wind can blow away And I won’t ever be the same If I could do it all over again So many things I’d say I had a chance but now it is too late In the blink of an eye From a flashing sky can come a rain That can take it all away Now storms will come and go But the love you know and hold within Is what remains in the end But no one else will open that door That holds the power in me Let go of this world and set it free As one river flows into the sea Another’s coming through Well, it can run this way through me and you Nothing under the sun Will escape its time to pass away The love I give to you is here to stay
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Wide Open Road 02:45
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WIDE OPEN ROAD By Greg Hawks Well, the day’s finally broke as the night’s fading notes Drift away with the cool morning breeze And the shadows move out with the lingering doubt As the leaves start to fall from the trees Sweet is the sound of the air blowing ’round With the windows rolled down on this wide open road The soft singing sound of my wheels bearing down As I’m leaving this town, letting go It’s been a long climb but at least now I find That I’m far from where I used to be And I don’t have to lie when I look in the eye Of the man in the mirror I see The lines on my face disappear like the trace Of the space you once held in my mind And these scars, they will fade as I’m shedding the weight Of this place that I’m leaving behind So sweet is the sound of the air blowing ’round With the windows rolled down on this wide open road The soft singing sound of my wheels bearing down As I’m leaving this town, letting go Well, the last things you said made me wish I was dead And it messed with my head for a while Now it’s all sorted out and what I found left no doubt That this day was sure to arrive So sweet is the sound of the air blowing ’round With the windows rolled down on this wide open road The soft singing sound of my wheels bearing down As I’m leaving this town, letting go
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Smiling Jack 02:42
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SMILING JACK By Greg Hawks Well, he’s a man of the people, everybody’s friend They all love him ’cause he’s just like them Well, he’s a real glad-hander when he works the room The grown men fawn and the women swoon He’s a big boss man, he lives for the stage He likes to hang with the young girls half his age He’s a down-to-earth hero who’s done you proud Like ol’ Lonesome Rhodes, he’s just a face in the crowd Well, he’s a Smilin’ Jack And that’s a fact You better watch your back Around ol’ Smilin’ Jack Well, he’s a king of the hill, he’s gonna stay on top And he’ll cut your throat, you try to take his spot He knows who to call to make a deal go down He’s just a good ol’ boy and a man about town Now he’ll talk about himself any old time And he’ll always be a legend in his own mind But don’t be surprised when one day you find While you weren’t looking, he stole you blind Well, he’s a Smilin’ Jack And that’s a fact You better watch your back Around ol’ Smilin’ Jack Well, he ain’t nothing like he appears, you see It’s much more important to seem than to be If you look behind the curtain, there’s nothing there ’Cause the emperor has no clothes to wear Well, he’s a Smilin’ Jack And that’s a fact You better watch your back Around ol’ Smilin’ Jack You better watch your back Around ol’ Smilin’ Jack
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All You Ever Did Was Tear Me Down 03:09
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ALL YOU EVER DID IS TEAR ME DOWN By Greg Hawks It’s not taken all that long for me to feel okay Since you closed that door and calmly walked away And I’m realizing more with every passing day Just how much I lost myself along the way When you first left, I didn’t know what to believe I couldn’t help but wonder if you were ever in love with me Or someone you thought that you could make me be And in the end, that was the truth that set me free ’Cause all you ever did was tear me down Till there was nothing left of me to be found Still finding bits and pieces on the ground ’Cause all you ever did was tear me down ’Cause all you ever did was tear me down But it’s good to be myself again on solid ground Sometimes I even think that I should thank you now ’Cause all you ever did was tear me down
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Down In My Bones 03:41
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DOWN IN MY BONES By Greg Hawks You been on my mind all day long Since you left this morning at the crack of dawn Your smell still lingers in these rooms Won’t you come back, baby, hurry soon It’s too cold outdoors this time of year Why don’t you bring your heat back up in here I see a flame still flickers in the stove Want to light you up till you glow I want you so deep down in my bones I want to take you higher than you’ve ever gone My mind’s ablaze and I can’t think I’m a thirsty man that needs a drink From your sweet cup, my one desire You make me want to work, set you on fire I want you so deep down in my bones I want to take you higher than you’ve ever gone Than you’ve ever gone Your high-tone skin, white as snow I had a taste and I want some more When you first wake up, my favorite time Just to look at you, you never looked more fine I want you so deep down in my bones I want to take you higher than you’ve ever gone Than you’ve ever gone
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It'll Be Alright 03:12
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IT'LL BE ALRIGHT By Greg Hawks Well, the rain is pouring down The roof is leaking once again The sorry man who fixed it Took your money, then he ran Now there’s nothing in the bank And the cupboard’s looking bare Everything is broken And nobody seems to care It’ll be alright, baby It’ll be alright, you’ll see It’ll be alright, baby You know you can count on me Well, the car won’t start this morning The tank is empty once again Your boss, he disrespects you Then he tries to be your friend Now you work so hard to stay ahead And there’s still no guarantee You’re doing everything you can But no one seems to see It’ll be alright, baby It’ll be alright, you’ll see It’ll be alright, baby You know you can count on me Now the bills keep piling up And to our eyeballs we’re in debt The kitchen sink is clogging up And the floor is soaking wet Now the price of everything’s so high It makes you a nervous wreck But I’ll always be by your side On that you sure can bet It’ll be alright, baby It’ll be alright, you’ll see It’ll be alright, baby You know you can count on me
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Soft Place To Fall 04:00
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SOFT PLACE TO FALL By Greg Hawks The hours have flown to the past Too long since we have crossed paths Now put away the things that don’t last ’Cause time here with you is going too fast And I can be your mountainside You can be my river wide No more goodbyes, it’s too soon to part And I trust in you with all of my heart And it’s time to rest your mind Come to me; leave it all behind You’ve shown me reason for it all Now you’ve given me a soft place to fall Inside your smiling eyes Is a dream that I can’t deny It pulls like the warm summer tide It brings peace of mind that’s so hard to find To feel the touch of your skin Well, it’s the sweetest medicine My blood you bleed and your breath I breathe Why, it’s no wonder it’s all we need And it’s time to rest your mind Come to me; leave it all behind You’ve shown me reason for it all Now you’ve given me a soft place to fall
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Holding Cell 04:49
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HOLDING CELL By Greg Hawks In a holding cell I sit and wait For what I’ve got myself into And the jury’s out to deliberate How much time that I must do I lost my old man in Desert Storm Back in 1991 Just a month before the day I was born To be his only son Well, I’ve been told that we act just alike I bet if he was here right now He’d understand what I did that night There’s certain things a man can’t allow But I can’t say I regret what I’ve done As I sit here in shackles and chains Holding onto the hope they are free from the pain And what I did would not be in vain My mama raised us on her own And she did the best she could When it came to the ways of right and wrong She made sure we understood After years alone, she met this man Made her smile and gave her a helping hand But it all changed when he moved in And things got worse when she married him He’d disappear, be gone for days Come home flat broke in a drunken rage And I’d hear screams and shouts and slamming doors Till I couldn’t take it anymore But I can’t say I regret what I’ve done As I sit here in shackles and chains I’m holding on to the hope they are free from the pain That what I did would not be in vain Well, my big sister’s name was Mary Lee And she tried to keep him away from me Because she knew one day that I would see The kind of sorry man that he could be Well, the way he looked at Mary Lee Made me so mad I could not see Now that night seems like an awful blur When I found him having his way with her With a two-by-four and a hunting knife I knocked him out and I took his life And I been told that most agree They’d have done the same if they were me But I can’t say I regret what I’ve done As I sit here in shackles and chains I’m holding on to the hope they are free from the pain That what I did would not be in vain
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River's Edge 03:33
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RIVER'S EDGE By Greg Hawks Come back, my boy, wherever you may be I still hear your sweet voice calling through the trees Then I’m bound to go and get down on my knees On the edge of that river that took you from me You minded not my warning and wandered off alone That cruel and fateful day they told me you was gone The lawman he came and asked for me by name They pulled me off the job and sent me on my way The night before, a hard rain poured down That river rose and made an angry sound In the hot August sun, before your chores were done To cool your body down to that river you did run Someone heard your cries and come to your rescue By the time he arrived, there was no sign of you They went and called for help but then it was too late The dam upstream had broke and the currents were too great They searched for days, my boy they never found That river that he loved is now his burying ground I’ll never sleep no more for the grief I cannot bear Down on that river’s edge, I’ll say my final prayer Come back, my boy, wherever you may be I still hear your sweet voice calling through the trees Then I’m bound to go and get down on my knees On the edge of that river that took you from me I dove down to the bottom where he was never found That river that he loved is now my burying ground
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We Got Ours (Straight Cash Mix) 03:09
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WE GOT OURS By Greg Hawks We make mad money because we can Wear designer suits and golf course tans Our gated mansions across this land Are high above the shifting sand Politicians ain’t hard to bribe Who’s elected, we can decide They pony up and don’t ask why ’Cause there’s not much that we can’t buy We sell time bombs wrapped up in bows And clean your clock before they explode Sold down the river before you know We’ll come out smelling like a rose We make our bets as we rig the game So flush your money right down our drain Our pockets are deep so make it rain We feed on suckers, simple and plain They’re too lazy to even care Enough to fight for their own share So trickle down enough scrap and bone Keep their noses to the grindstone Keep the government out of the way And every dog can have its day Let them starve if they can’t eat And sweep their skeletons off the street In wealth we trust, our freedom ring We won’t stop till we own everything We create the jobs for the little man Let his sweat wash his dirty hands Masters of the sleight of hand You can’t catch a good flim-flam man Above the law, can’t go to jail Because we are too big to fail Now boom or bust, we’ll speculate Don’t even try to regulate You only have yourselves to thank And we’re still laughing all the way to the bank We earned our place and you could, too If you would work like we had to Now buckle down if you want more We got ours, now you get yours Say, buckle down, you want more We got ours, now you get yours
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Soft Place To Fall (Long Fade) 04:25
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SOFT PLACE TO FALL By Greg Hawks The hours have flown to the past Too long since we have crossed paths Now put away the things that don’t last ’Cause time here with you is going too fast And I can be your mountainside You can be my river wide No more goodbyes, it’s too soon to part And I trust in you with all of my heart And it’s time to rest your mind Come to me; leave it all behind You’ve shown me reason for it all Now you’ve given me a soft place to fall Inside your smiling eyes Is a dream that I can’t deny It pulls like the warm summer tide It brings peace of mind that’s so hard to find To feel the touch of your skin Well, it’s the sweetest medicine My blood you bleed and your breath I breathe Why, it’s no wonder it’s all we need And it’s time to rest your mind Come to me; leave it all behind You’ve shown me reason for it all Now you’ve given me a soft place to fall
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You're Not Alone (Instrumental Mix) 03:58
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We Belong To The Sun (Instrumental Mix) 04:29
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Hawks’ third album is a multi-course meal of Americana for those who crave variety in their musical diet. Hawks delivers 14 original songs plus one bonus remix that invoke hypnotic soul pop (think Big Star meets Jimmy Webb-era Glen Campbell), hip-shaking country blues (Mississippi John Hurt meets NRBQ on Highway 61), and heart-rending, rootsy country ballads. Mixed by Chris Stamey, the album also offers Ray Price-style, honky-tonk shuffle plus straight, hard-driving bluegrass.

What Goes Around offers a best-of blend celebrating what Hawks considers raw and honest American music. As he says, “Making this record was like going back into my closet and trying on all my old favorite jackets. I found out that they not only still fit, they feel great, too.”

Mixed by NC music legend Chris Stamey, the album sounds rich and lush with a timeless, shimmery warmth. Hawks was thrilled to work with him again (Stamey also mixed Hawks’ debut YepRoc release, Fool’s Paradise). “When he sent the first mix, it nearly brought me to tears. It completely captured the essence and emotion I intended. I think Chris is a sonic genius and an absolute master of knowing just what a song needs.”

Of Greg, Chris Stamey says, "Greg is, to use an old-fashioned term, a real Recording Artist...A gifted singer and guitarist, certainly, but mostly a great songwriter with a palette ranging from Glen Campbell to Buck Owens to Wilco and beyond. It was a joy to work with him, and I think his energy and enthusiasm and genuine, contagious sincerity shine through in every aspect of this record."

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released April 19, 2015

While Hawks handles most of the instruments and vocals, he is joined by an impressive cast of musicians on several cuts. Pedal steel comes courtesy of Nathan Golub (John Howie Jr. & The Rosewood Bluff), Steve Watson, and the great Allyn Love (Steve Wariner). Bluegrass IBMA award-winning fiddler and banjo player, Ron Stewart, plays on “Wide Open Road.” Bluegrass upright bass player, Jason Moore (Mountain Heart), joins in on three tracks. Chapel Hill ace bassist, F.J Ventre, plays the upright on the spooky, mournful old-time string band number, “River's Edge” as does world-renowned clawhammer banjo virtuoso, Adam Hurt, who also plays fiddle on the tune. John Hofmann plays some great Tommy Jackson-style fiddle on the honky-stonk stomper, “It'll Be Alright.” Tony Bowman lays down gorgeous piano on “Nothing Under the Sun.”

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Greg Hawks Chapel Hill, North Carolina

In 2001, Hawks released his country album, Fool’s Paradise (YepRoc) to local and national acclaim. The song "Where I'm Not" is featured in the movie Jeepers Creepers.

In 2007 Hawks released a bluegrass album, Coming Home.

Hawks' third album, What Goes Around (2015), is a blend of soul pop, country blues, swampy groove, rootsy country ballads, honky-tonk shuffle, and hard-driving bluegrass. ... more

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