Songs:Badlands (106189)

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Trivia, story behind the song, etc.

We descended from the verdant prairie, down into the Badlands around Drumheller, Alberta. I recognized much of myself in the landscape. Written at the house of Bill and Betty jo Werthmann, in Edmonton, Alberta.

(August 1, 2001. Drumheller /Edmonton, Alberta)

Lead Vocal: David Francey
Bouzouki, Backing Vocal: Kieran Kane
Fiddle, Banjo: Fats Kaplin

Lyrics

Here I am in my own Badlands
Here I wait and here I stand
Went searching for the distant past
Found three red rocks and a piece of glass
In my own Badlands 
In my own Badlands

The redstone, ironstone scoured land
Rock of ages in coloured bands
And I climbed to the top, to the top of the hill
If I hadn't come down I'd be climbing still
In my own Badlands
In my own Badlands

And the Red Deer River runs muddy and brown
Choked by the dust of the hills around
And the sun in the sky standing still
But the river's rolling and it always will
Through my own Badlands
Through my own Badlands

You can count the layers of the past and gone
You can smell the rain of the coming storm
Inside my head is just the same
It's cracked and dry and needing rain
In my own Badlands
In my own Badlands

Here I am in my own Badlands
Here I wait and here I stand
And I feel abandoned, quite alone
Dust and rock and skin and bone
In my own Badlands
In my own Badlands

by David Francey

Listener comments about Badlands (106189)

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Badlands by David Francey SONG
on the album The Waking Hour Buy David Francey at CD-Baby Any album (including The Waking Hour)	Request this song: Badlands (Only logged in and authenticated users can make requests.) Overall rating: (18 votes) Your rating: You have to login to give your opinion about songs. Length: 3:25 Times played: 9 People hearing: 260 Times requested: 8 First played: Sep 2nd, 2006 Last played: Nov 22nd, 2008 Previously played: Jun 26th, 2008 Song ID#: 106189	Listener rankings: 5 stars=jjascob ♦ Kelli ♦ Keystone traveler ♦ 12-stringer ♦ Jim ♦ Bleau 4 stars=CooleyBufo ♦ sparx ♦ dolcefarniente ♦ Firewalk ♦ Cater ♦ Kimchifox ♦ countrydave ♦ Kazookid ♦ E.D. Egg ♦ KodiBear ♦ Scobey 3 stars=Mert