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Crossroads (Revisited)

from Something Worth Standing For by Andrew McKnight

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about

I started noodling around with the slide during intermission at a concert at my brother-in-law’s house, and the next morning over breakfast started playing around with the original lyrics to this song. As I dabbled and experimented, I realized with a lyrical update this offered a new context to our modern American experience. May we leave this crossroads wiser, more humbly and more worldly than we arrived.

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Original words and music Robert Johnson, © 1990 MPCA King Of Spades (SESAC), new words and melody A. McKnight

Verse 1
Came to a crossroads, no sign marks the way
Came to a crossroads, no sign marks the way
there's great darkness gathering, I know I can't stay

Verse 2
Stand at the crossroads, don't know where to turn
Stand at the crossroads, don't know where to turn
feel the heat at my back, while our house burns

Verse 3
We're leaving this crossroads, a mighty hill to climb
Leaving this crossroads, a mighty hill to climb
Set these burdens down, never look behind

Guess I'll have to trust my soul

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from Something Worth Standing For, released February 1, 2008
AM – vocals, slide acoustic (dropped D)

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Nationally-acclaimed singer/songwriter and guitarist celebrates rural America, weaves masterfully crafted songs, humorous stories and poetic drama into a musical soundscape sketched with shades of Appalachia, tasteful slide and jazzy blues, feisty anthems, and rustic folk. 5 solo CDs heard on many public & community radio, plus NPR "Art of the Song" & "River City Folk" and XM/Sirius. ... more

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