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HYMNS 201–203 · RISEN DOUGH RECORDS
Not Now
First studio album, recorded in Greensboro over four days booked for mornings only. Eleven songs. "Pull In" was played on regional Christian radio and on two college stations that did not usually play anything recorded before noon. The title track closed every show from 1997 on.
- 01Not Now3:07
Title track. Closed every show from 1997 on.
Words
Five in the morning, there's a light down the road Everybody in this town knows what that light means It means now, it means warm, it means come while you can And I've been up for it every Sunday since I was twelve Seventeen, there was a boy with his daddy's keys And a cooler in the trunk and a party by the river He said the night won't wait, it's now or it's never And I said I've got somewhere to be at five The sign down the road says come on now The boy by the river says come on now Same word, two different roads And you already know which one I chose Not now (not now) Not tonight and not ever I've got somewhere to be at five Not now (not now) Some things you get up for Some things you let slide Twenty-four and I'm still up before the light Danny's got the van and the kids are half asleep Some of them are seventeen, and the river's still there And some boy still has his daddy's keys The sign down the road says come on now The boy by the river says come on now Same word, two different roads And you already know which one I chose Not now (not now) Not tonight and not ever I've got somewhere to be at five Not now (not now) Some things you get up for Some things you let slide When the sign says now, I'll be there When the river says now, I'll be gone No sin, not now, not ever No sin, not now, not ever Not now (not now) Not tonight and not ever I've got somewhere to be at five Not now (not now) Some things you get up for Some things you let slide Not now!
- 02Pull In
The single. Marcus sings the bridge.
Words
You can see it from the highway if you're looking at all A porch light on too early, somebody in the hall Most folks keep their eyes on the road ahead Mama taught me different, here is what she said Pull in, pull in When the light's on, pull in Don't you drive on by Telling yourself you'll come back again Pull in, pull in You don't need a reason why Somebody's up already Waiting on a friend Tracy's got the clipboard, Danny's got the van Marcus loads the organ like it's part of the plan There's a hundred little lights all over this town We're just trying to stop at every one we found Pull in, pull in When the light's on, pull in Don't you drive on by Telling yourself you'll come back again Pull in, pull in You don't need a reason why Somebody's up already Waiting on a friend I have driven past more lights than I can count I have told myself next week, next time, and next week came and went I'm not asking you for much this morning Just slow down, just turn in Pull in, pull in When the light's on, pull in Don't you drive on by Telling yourself you'll come back again Pull in, pull in You don't need a reason why Somebody's up already Waiting on a friend
- 06Sugar Cake
Duet. Wes did not tell Leigh Anne who it was about until the second take.
Words
Midnight to five on Brookstown Street Brown sugar and butter pressed in with my thumbs Little wells in the dough like rain on a road Every one of them for you, though you don't know it yet I'm up at four-thirty, the van needs a key There's a white paper bag on the seat waiting for me No note, just the smell of it, cinnamon and steam I know who's been up all night thinking about me Sugar cake, sugar cake Something sweet that takes all night to make I'll be tired, I'll be late But I'll be there with sugar cake Folks say it's a Christmas thing, I make it all year round Some things only make sense in a quiet little town You were singing in the fellowship hall with the Sunday sun coming in And I forgot my own guitar part looking at you Sugar cake, sugar cake Something sweet that takes all night to make I'll be tired, I'll be late But I'll be there with sugar cake Five years of Sundays One June Saturday in the church Danny brought the coffee Marcus played the organ first Sugar cake, sugar cake Something sweet that takes all night to make I'll be tired, I'll be late But I'll be there with sugar cake