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The Long Way

by John-Allison Weiss

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1.
Dust Storm 03:25
Pulled off the highway in a dust storm Composed a chorus with my thumbs Headed home to change the future Headed home to turn and run So tired of singing all these old songs So tired of trying to be someone Pulled off the highway in a dust storm Wrote it out and called it done Rode it out and called it done Pulled off the highway in a dust storm I never thought I’d see the day Been overlooking all those warnings Bearing down and staying straight Keeps getting harder in the long run Keeps getting harder to relate Pulled off the highway in a dust storm Write it out and call it safe Ride it out and call it safe Pulled off the highway in a dust storm Composed a chorus with my thumbs Headed home to change the future Headed home to turn and run So tired of singing all these old songs So tired of pleasing everyone Pulled off the highway in a dust storm Rode it out and now it’s done Wrote it out and now it’s done Wrote it out and now it’s done
2.
There’s a song I’ve been singing for twenty-nine years Where I spill all my guts to avoid all my tears I say I don’t mind it, but it’s bringing me down And I still love you, but it’s different now There’s a heat of a summer stuck in my bones So deep in my blood, like it’s all that I know And I hate the idea of just hanging around And I still love you, but it’s different now Goodbye is never not tough Alright is just never enough And you cry, but I gotta get out ‘Cause I tried, I love you, but it’s different now I tried, I love you, but it’s different now In the still of the morning, you’re still on my mind When I want you so bad you get harder to find So I pack up the boxes, let the candles burn out And I still love you, but it’s different now Goodbye is never not tough Alright is just never enough And you cry, but I gotta get out ‘Cause I tried, I love you, but it’s different now I tried, I love you, but it’s different now And it was magic You were the blood in my veins It’s so tragic The way a feeling can fade And it breaks my heart that I don’t know why Goodbye is never not tough Alright is just never enough And you cry, but I gotta get out ‘Cause I tried, I love you, but it’s different now Goodbye (Goodbye) Is never not tough Alright (Alright) Is just never enough And you cry (You Cry) But I gotta get out ‘Cause I tried, I love you, but it’s different now I tried, I love you, but it’s different now I tried, I love you, but it’s different now
3.
Tell me to go ‘Cause I’m losing faith in my own self control I’m a lost cause I’m holding out hope For a lifeline I already know is gone I see what’s going on Last time I fell so fast I got so messed up But I can’t relax Take back the nights I missed It’s so messed up But I can’t resist I overthink and overanalyze I talk in circles ‘til I choke Begging, tell me to go Tell me to go ‘Cause if this were up to me I’d never leave Like a signal in your smoke I can never read Stay wrapped up inside my own head Stay lonely for my own bed Last time I fell so fast I got so messed up But I can’t relax Take back the bad I did It’s so messed up But I can’t resist I overthink and overanalyze I talk in circles ‘til I choke So if you feel me, if you sympathize Talk me down and take me home Or tell me to go (Tell me to go x 13)
4.
You know I miss you when you’re with me Somehow you’re so far away You say it’s nothing, but it can’t be I feel you starting to stray So baby tell me, are we alright? Or should I plan an escape? I always miss you when you’re with me Is this the start of the break? I always listen for your heartbeat In every second you take You got me wondering about me Am I the lines in your face? So baby tell me, are we alright? Should I be digging a grave? How can I miss you when you’re with me? Is this the start of the break? Inside out I’m not myself Call this love, It feels like hell Break me down Like day by day Feels like hell I think I’ll stay away Stay away Inside out I’m not myself Call this love It feels like hell I always miss you when you’re with me (Inside out) Somehow you’re so far away (I’m not myself) How can I miss you when you’re with me? (Call this love) Is this the start of the break? (It feels like hell) Is this the start of the break?
5.
Miss Me 03:19
I wish that you missed me I wish you were wondering how I’ve been I wish you were listening I wish that you missed me now and then I wish that you missed me Your picture still pinned up in my dash The way that you ditched me Ain’t never seen good times go so fast And I know you’ve seen better days Don’t blame you moving on But you could’ve left a note Or sent a song Hey I just wish that you missed me (Huh, huh, huh-oh) I wish that you missed me (Huh, huh, huh-oh) I wish that you missed me (Huh, huh, huh-oh) I wish that you missed me My memory means well but I’m tired Of solving your mystery Of singing these sad songs you inspire And everyone’s got their own ways Don’t think I dont got mine But you could’ve left a note Or said goodbye Hey I just wish that you missed me (Huh, huh, huh-oh) I wish that you missed me (Huh, huh, huh-oh) I wish that you missed me (Huh, huh, huh-oh) I wish that you missed me Sometimes I get high and I can’t get out The anxiety gets me down And I know that it’s no use now Yeah I just wish that you missed me And I try but I can’t let go I’ve been dying to let you know If you’re hearing me now and you’re listening Just know that I wish that you missed me I wish that you missed me I wish that you missed me I wish that you missed me Yeah the way that you kissed me Under that late night street light glow I can’t believe you dont miss me Babe if you’re listening, let me know Send out a sign that you missed me Some kinda sign that you missed me Oh yeah I wish that you missed me I wish that you missed me
6.
That old familiar melody, it brings me home A song I loved before, but now I barely know I still remember all the words I used to sing When I surrender to those woeful memories To the backyard To the old car To the freeway To the coast Every new day wakes an old ghost That old familiar melody, it leaves me thin A second chance to try and I am pulled back in I’m bruised and broken as I’m brought right back to you My windows open, I am choosing black and blue To the backyard To the old car To the freeway To the coast Every new day wakes an old ghost And I see you now Like I did back then With a love so loud, Let it bleed back in To the headlights To the big fights To the sundown To the end To the shoreline To the old times To those lovers To those friends To the backyard To the big stars To the freeway To the coast Every new day wakes an old ghost
7.
Can't Stand 04:04
Smoke in the sunrise Dark in the dawn Night after long night The hard lines are drawn If you won’t choose a side I know which side you’re on If you can’t stand for right, man You just stand for wrong Blood of my bad blood Born deep down in me Bred to be blind To Black blood on these streets If you won’t call it out Don’t you dare call it free If you can’t stand for right, man You can’t stand for peace Centuries broken Wide open in pain Your neighbor’s in danger And your silence to blame If you won’t call it out I know which side you take If you can’t stand for right, man You just stand for hate Smoke in the sunrise Dark in the dawn Night after long night The hard lines are drawn If you won’t choose a side I know which side you’re on If you can’t stand for right, man You just stand for wrong If you can’t stand for right, man You just stand for wrong If you can’t stand for right, man You just stand for wrong Lost in the old world American dream Pledge your allegiance Oh say, can’t you see All the violence that lies In these secrets we keep If you can’t stand to change, man You can’t stand with me
8.
Next thing I knew I never heard from you again Been striking matches in the wind Since you’ve been gone I’m getting tired Of trying to light my lonely fire I think it’s safe to say I’m better moving on Like, oo-oo-oo-oo-oooh Another day, another song Like, oo-oo-oo-oo-oooh I sing along Next thing I knew The world was spinning into something Never could’ve seen it coming Either way I’m getting weary, Clearly I ain’t seeing clearly Think I’ll settle in And sing that old refrain Like, oo-oo-oo-oo-oooh Another year, another song Like, oo-oo-oo-oo-oooh I get along [Instrumental break] Next thing I knew I never heard from you again I swore you saw me as a friend, I called it wrong I stumble through it, I pretend I do not do it Let the best of me get lost In all the gone Like, oo-oo-oo-oo-oooh Another day, another song Like, oo-oo-oo-oo-oooh I sing along Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
9.
Sumdaze 03:46
Some days I want you Some days I need you Some days I couldn’t care less if I tried Some days I’m true blue Some days I’m bad news Some days I’m basically nothing inside Some days it’s so hard, baby I wonder over and over again Someday I’ll know my way, so when? Some days get too high Some days can’t stay dry Some days I just cannot cry like before Some days I’m all gone Some days I’m dead wrong Some days I just don’t belong anymore Some days it’s so hard, baby I wonder over and over again Someday I’ll know my way, so when? Someday, so when? Someday, so when? Some days I’m all gone Some days I’m dead wrong Some days I can’t play along anymore Some days it’s so heartbreaking I wander over and over again Someday I’ll know my way, so when? Someday, so when? Someday, so when? Someday, so when? Someday, so when? Someday, so when?
10.
The Long Way 02:54
I’ll go the long way, I’ll take my time And I know someday I’ll realize It might take me my whole life But at least i did it right I did it right Some streets are highways They’ll get you home The roads that i take Are overgrown It might take me my whole life But at least i did it right I did it right All my life, never felt so good Cut my path through the darkest wood Found my truth, like i knew i could In me All my life, never felt so good Cut my path through the darkest wood Found my truth, like i knew i could In me I’ll go the long way I’ll take my time And I know someday I realize It might take me my whole life But at least I did it right It might take me my whole life But I’ll know I did it right I did it right
11.
Young Love 04:22
This morning I saw your face No warning, and then erased I’d recognize you anywhere It’s no surprise you disappeared on me Your demons, they came and went Your heavy heart stayed permanent I reached for you, but you let go I left you in the undertow We were young, love We were young, love We were young, love We were young, love We were young love Baby, we were young love We were young love Baby, we were young love We were young love Baby, we were young love We were young love Baby, we were young love We were young, love Baby, we were young love We were young, love Baby, we were young love We were young, love We were young, love We were young, love

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Full album out February 17, 2023

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released February 17, 2023

Produced & Engineered by Sombear. Mixed by Andy D. Park. Mastered by Ed Brooks.

Vocals and guitars by John-Allison Weiss. Drums, bass, keys, percussion, additional guitars and backing vocals by Sombear.

All songs written by John-Allison Weiss, except “Different Now” written with Lauren Zettler, “Tell Me to Go” written with Lelia Broussard, “Feels Like Hell” written with Jenny Owen Youngs, and “The Long Way” written with Joanna Katcher.

Album design by Werewolf GF. Cover photo by Jennifer Bierkle, 1996. Back photo by John-Allison Weiss, 2007. Additional photos by Dean Jordan, 2020.

Thank you Jer, Jamie, Koji, Greer, Joey, Lilz, Malblum, Cap, Dean, Zettler, Mak, Nunes, and all the friends and strangers who’ve listened along the way <3

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