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Betsy, Betsy Heavens in the event that I die
Tell her that I love her and that mornings make me cry

Betsy Heavens on a faraway wind
After winter last when she left home
The highway held her in the night like a diamond
On the tail of the dust being blown

With the world as a backdrop, spinning like a record
On a ridge working in to its end
But Betsy is composed because she knows over time
She can turn it over and let it play again

Betsy Heavens how far have you driven
Just to satisfy the shadows in your mind
How far have you gone from the world where you belonged
To discover what you thought you left behind

How far did you go?
How long will it take?
Before you return to your home on the horizon
Where the sunlight meets the water as it fades

Betsy Heavens on a faraway wind
She left her sense of direction on the train
And when she went back, it was shining like lightning
Through the window like a time for change

Higher up the hill now and deeper down the roots verse
She was held by the blue mountain air
And like the sound of something moving in the wind within the trees
She was singing out like no one else was there

Betsy Heavens on a faraway wind
After winter last when she left home
The highway held her in the night like a diamond
On the tail of the dust being blown

With the world as a backdrop, spinning like a record
On a ridge working in to its end
But Betsy is composed because she knows, over time
She can turn it over and let it play again
She can turn it over and let it play again
She can turn it over and let it play again

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from That Is Not How It Happened, released May 14, 2021

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Hailing from southern California, singer-songwriter Joey Barro is the Traditionist. His songs are deeply rooted and personal, but the orchestration and instrumentation progressively vary from song to song, and record to record. New Traditionist album "That Is Not How It Happened" OUT NOW! ... more

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