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From One to the Other Extreme

by Greg Hawks

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Classic outlaw country protest song about current social and political affairs.

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From One to the Other Extreme
by Greg Hawks

Well, I don't pay no mind or toe a party line to follow and believe
Or identify with any color that I'm told to wear upon my sleeve
’Cause nothing is as simple as they ever try to make it out to be
And the truth is complicated and it's usually lying out there somewhere in between


The lines are drawn all day long by design to tear us all in two
They're cooking up another scare ’cause panic drives the ratings through the roof
Spreading idle gossip, turning rumors into what we call the news
And the hits they keep on coming; it don't matter whether it was ever true


From one to the other extreme, we're caught in between
Praying for reason to rise above the obscene
Below all the noise we're coming apart at the seams
From one to the other extreme left us hanging between


Another fool is stirring up a crowd that's hanging on his every word
And the one who screams the loudest seems to be the only voice that's ever heard
Another dog and pony show to serve to copycats and mockingbirds
No time for conversations, only shocking revelations are preferred


From one to the other extreme, we're lost in between
We'd rather burn to the ground than ever have to agree
Below all the noise we're falling apart at the seams
From one to the other extreme, and no choice in between

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released November 1, 2016
Greg Hawks on baritone guitar, acoustic guitar, and bass
Allyn Love on pedal steel
Walt Garland on lead guitar
Mixed by Chris Stamey

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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.
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