On the Way to Engelhard

from Land of the Living by Eleanor Underhill

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Track 7 from Land of the Living

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Buzzards fly around
And an old man sits in his yard
By five, large garbage bags of soda cans

His crooked truck now corrodes
From riding down these flooded roads
The windows are open to the windy land

House propped up from the ground
Rusted barns falling down
Red buds and pitch black mud fertile from the seas

And loblolly pines
And yucca plants in the woods
And climbing yellow jessamine vines on the trees

On the way to Engelhard, On the way to Engelhard
On the way to Engelhard, On the way to Engelhard

And now and then there come the smells
From the piles of oyster shells
Or fish rotting by the road below the sun

Turtles upon every log
Rising from their shiny ditch
Of glistening waters on their wayward run

On the way to Engelhard, On the way to Engelhard
On the way to Engelhard, On the way to Engelhard

But the water has been overfished
The downtown is all run down
The one doctor of the town is getting old

The dump must be getting high
The trees that once reached to the sky are gone
And the farms are getting larger, and larger, oh

Things I thought would always stay
I see changing out this way
There’s something very special that I feel here

But little can be done
There’s no borders beneath the sun
So all I do is kiss the ground and come back
Every year

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from Land of the Living, released August 7, 2020
Lead vocals, backup vocals, piano, synth, banjo, sitar, moog, percussion - Eleanor Underhill
Backup vocals - Jane Underhill (1), Silas Durocher (1, 10)
Drums - Christopher Chappell Pyle (2, 7, 10, 13), Michael Libramento (3, 6, 9, 11), JC Mears (1, 4, 5, 8, 12)
Bass - Zack Page (2, 7, 10, 11, 13), E’lon JD (4, 9), Jesse Gentry (1, 3, 5, 12), Silas Durocher (6, 8)
Guitar - Silas Durocher (2, 7, 8, 11, 13), Matt Lane (3, 9, 10)
Saxophone - Jacob Rodriguez
Percussion - Christopher Chappell Pyle

Written, produced, & mixed by Eleanor Underhill
Published by Eleanor Underhill Music (sesac)
Most drums recorded by Julian Dreyer at Echo Mountain Recording Studios
Everything else recorded by Eleanor Underhill
Mix consulting by Silas Durocher, Chris Rosser, Brent Lambert, & Eleanor and Friends Community
Production consulting by Silas Durocher
Mastering by Brent Lambert of Kitchen Mastering
Photo by Kristen Marie Greene of KMG*Photography
Album layout and design by Eleanor Underhill

A million thanks to everyone who made this album
and a million more to those who encouraged it

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Eleanor Underhill Asheville, North Carolina

Eleanor Underhill is a singer, songwriter, and banjoist based in Asheville, NC. After almost a decade of touring Underhill detoured on an ambitious solo journey into the musical unknown. The result is Navigate the Madness--a unique and eclectic record that is 100% Underhill. In 2020 Underhill released her sophomore solo effort, Land of the Living. On the horizon, her third album, Got it Covered. ... more

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