That's such a great line. When I was describing it to someone, I couldn't remember the phrase "cashing in". I turned it into working on, which is ok, but the 'cashing in' metaphor takes it to another level.
I'm about to cash in on a 50-year crush. Haven't seen her since 5th grade. Flying to Hawai'i later this month to spend a week together. No one had ever knocked her out of the number #1 spot in my heart. We were just kids but you never forget your first love. Several seeming lifetimes later, starting this October, we find ourselves available, compatible and in a hot internet love affair in our early sixties. If things go as well as it seems they might, I don't think I'm coming back.... I haven't told but a handful of people, because... who knows for sure how it will play out. But a friend who does know about us sent me this song. If you think 30 years is sweet, try 50.... Thank you.
I really hope this song earns James a ton more new fans. It's definitely one of the catchiest he's ever written. It's such a great tune. As I was listening to it, I was like damn - if Blake Shelton put this out, it would tear up the charts. I have no doubt in my mind. The chord progression and melody sound like they could have been written by a crack team of Nashville's finest country writers. The lyrics though, whoa, those guys would have nooooo clue. Fortunately we have a genius in James McMurtry that brings us the best of both worlds.
Last album had a few of those too, where if a more mainstream country singer sang it he'd have a big hit. "You Got to Me" could've been his "Make You Feel My Love" but alas...
I love the lines about San Jose, Santa Cruz and Los Gatos. Lyle Lovett is a fan our little town just over the hill from Santa Cruz too. Truly a beautiful place to live.
Just heard this for the first time today- and it made me do something. Something that as a twenty year sufferer of severe mental health issues I haven't been able to do for a long time. I actually and truly FELT. Thank you for the music, sir.
@@nathannunnikhoven1313 Jason is very good and will get better as he gets older. I don’t believe in the best anything when it comes to songwriting (or most art) there’s just folks who there’s no one better than. James is there. I think Jason needs some age on him, but no doubt he’s in that group.
I’m only 32 years old, but I honestly LOVE this song. James does such a great job at describing the heartfelt reminiscence of an old love. He really touches on the spark, the heartbreak, how time affects all things, finally giving in to feelings but knowing it can’t last, then remembering how special it was years later. Amazing song James.
Easily one of the best and most underrated songwriters ever. Every song is a beautiful story that seems to take you away from the real world for a few blissful minutes
@@Perseas1 I’ve been listening to James almost 30 years. He’s awesome but he’s always been low key and plays very small bar venues for the most part so that’s probably why he’s never got Grammys or as much recognition as he should.
100% George. It’s amazing that a songwriter with James’ chops is getting better, but he is. You can’t be young and do that, you can’t be young and do that.
@@rizdog2 I mean he literally says it, you can’t be young and do that. As he ages his work just gets better and better. I am absolutely looking forward to the horses and the hounds being his best album yet.
@@simonwells7156 It will be. Hope he gets a sliver of the commercial success his songwriting merits. No living songwriter (RIP John Prine) can sketch a broad theme , then reduce to a personal level in a few well-chosen words better than James, And his guitar chops are monster. Result is aural heart surgery.
I was in the music business when "Too long in the wasteland" was released. He did a a solo acoustic lunch and looked at me with such intensity I had to look away. As Mellencamp said, he writes songs like he's 150 years old. So happy to hear from McMurtry again. Magnificent!
It took for me to get older to really appreciate the line in the lyrics, "on a cross town bus, hiding under my hat making good on a thirty year crush, you just can't be young and do that" just makes my heart crush. So does the reframe: "Take my hand Marie, get a death grip on some part of me, keep me drifting far out to sea, I'll get lost out there." Good God that is some kind of god-damned incredible song writing. The pains and arrows of a lifetime are contained in that lyric line.
Absolutely wonderful from the mighty James Sounding brilliant and love these stories he writes Goddamn, a new record of his is just what I need right now
Damn the reframe lyrics, "Take my hsnd Matie, get a death grip on me, keep me from drifting far out to see or ill be lost out there!" What a gut punch of a lyric! The lyric about "cashing in on a 30 year crush, hiding out under my hat, you can't be young and do that... can't be young and do that.." Another gut pinch kyric from a writer who knows about life. This is one great damn song on one great album. McMurtry still is at the top of his songwriting skills. Damn fine music!
Outstanding singer-songwriter and new work. Discovered him initially in the late 1980ies and hadn't heard of JMM for a long time. "But I still need to feel every once in a while the warmth of a smile and a touch."
Top shelf. Gifted songwriting punctuated by his great singing voice. Great song. Makes me want to pick up my guitar and play along. First time hearing James McMurtry. Where the hell have I been?
Just heard the song Saturday morning, on "Wide Cut Country" on Alberta's great CKUA radio station. A perfect venue to introduce a perfect song! Thanks Allison! 👍🏻 👍🏻
love it And there's not much moving on the romance radar Not that I'm craving it all that much But I still need to feel every once in a while The warmth of a smile and a touch
Exactly, Michael! I started listening to him in 1995 myself! "Where'd You Hide the Body" is STILL one of my favorite albums of all time! Damn, this sounds GREAT!!!
American songwriting at its absolute finest. Too many wonderful lines in this song to single out just one, although I do love "...we met up in Brooklyn before it went hipster, you carried your keys in your fist."
Lyrics to Sing-Along!!! I was thinking 'bout you, crossing Southern Alberta Canola fields on a July day About the same chartreuse as that sixty-nine Bug You used to drive around San Jose Never knew where my old white Lincoln might take you Party on wheels with suicide doors Bring the kids and the dogs and your grandma too We always had room for more 'Til that white-knuckle ride back from Santa Cruz Second-best surfer on the central coast Had you wrapped up all the way back to Los Gatos And I could've cut his throat And it wasn't like we were an item to start with It had no basis in fact But the whiskey could push me to sudden extremes I don't wanna think about that, I don't wanna think about that Take my hand, Marie Take a death grip on some part of me Keep me from drifting far out to sea Or I'll be lost out there We all drifted away with the days getting shorter Seeking our place in the greater scheme Kids and careers and a vague sense of order Busting apart at the seams I heard you switched coasts, moved in with your sister I doubt you'd have called it familial bliss We met up in Brooklyn before it went hipster You carried your keys in your fist In a way back corner of a cross-town bus We were hiding out under my hat Cashing in on a thirty-year crush You can't be young and do that You can't be young and do that Take my hand, Marie Take a death grip on some part of me Keep me from drifting far out to sea Or I'll be lost out there Or I'll be lost out there I was thinking 'bout you crossing Southern Alberta Canola fields at harvest time Looked like tumbleweeds all raked up into rows Brown rusty contour lines And there's not much moving on the romance radar Not that I'm craving it all that much But I still need to feel every once in a while The warmth of a smile and a touch And in a way back corner of a cross-town bus We were hiding out under my hat Cashing in on a thirty-year crush You can't be young and do that You can't be young and do that You can't be young and do that You can't be young and do that Take my hand, Marie Take a death grip on some part of me Keep me from drifting far out to sea Or I'll be lost out there I'll be lost out there I'll be lost out there Source: LyricFind Hahah funny thing and obviously my nickname is Marie
I've been a fan for 30 some odd years, his lyrics are wizardry! "Song for a deck hands daughter" and "the lights of Cheyenne" are 2 of my many favorites. And "Angeline" I don't love these east Texas pines...
GOLDEN!! There's not much moving on the romance radar Not that I am craving it all that much But I still need to feel every once in a while The warmth of a smile and a touch
its 14 July '21. "back to normal" is the new buzz. Naw let's keep it outside the lines...a new normal. And weve a new soundtrack for the ride....very nice...
For any of you that’s not sure what James is talking about when he talks of “the white knuckle ride from Santa Cruz to Los Gatos and I could of cut his throat” He’s referring to Highway 17, the Highway From Santa Cruz to Los Gatos and Vise Versa- 17 is a radical drive through the mountains and it’s all major large twists and turns of death, it’s like a race track of death and always has been because no matter when your on it or who’s driving it’s like your in a race, 17 just makes almost everyone turn into a race driver! And again the road is long twisty and when you’re a passenger you feel like you’re gonna die and a lot of people do. So that’s what James is referring to, The Ride Back, and that’s why he says “I could of cut his throat” James was obviously a passenger on that drive. Ive done this drive a million times as I lived in Saratoga right next to Los Gatos for 38 years and I know that drive well and know exactly how James felt, you wanna kill who Evers driving for jeopardizing your life! 😆🤘
As a native Los Gaton, I smiled hard when I first heard those lines. Yeah Highway 17 is a helluva drive. Grew up off Summit, so I did it everyday for years.
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Cashing in on a thirty year crush - some of this guys lines are absolutely magic
"You can't be young and do that" Magic!
That's such a great line. When I was describing it to someone, I couldn't remember the phrase "cashing in". I turned it into working on, which is ok, but the 'cashing in' metaphor takes it to another level.
Who would have ever thought of that and “Take a death grip on some part of me”? So brilliant and the song is so stirring. Perfection.
Take a death grip on some part of me...
That one is particularly brilliant
I'm about to cash in on a 50-year crush. Haven't seen her since 5th grade. Flying to Hawai'i later this month to spend a week together. No one had ever knocked her out of the number #1 spot in my heart. We were just kids but you never forget your first love. Several seeming lifetimes later, starting this October, we find ourselves available, compatible and in a hot internet love affair in our early sixties. If things go as well as it seems they might, I don't think I'm coming back.... I haven't told but a handful of people, because... who knows for sure how it will play out. But a friend who does know about us sent me this song. If you think 30 years is sweet, try 50.... Thank you.
How did it go? Still there?
Good luck!!
I really hope this song earns James a ton more new fans. It's definitely one of the catchiest he's ever written. It's such a great tune. As I was listening to it, I was like damn - if Blake Shelton put this out, it would tear up the charts. I have no doubt in my mind. The chord progression and melody sound like they could have been written by a crack team of Nashville's finest country writers. The lyrics though, whoa, those guys would have nooooo clue. Fortunately we have a genius in James McMurtry that brings us the best of both worlds.
Last album had a few of those too, where if a more mainstream country singer sang it he'd have a big hit. "You Got to Me" could've been his "Make You Feel My Love" but alas...
1 more here!
@@JA-pm4pu My two favorites are still Painting my numbers and Iolanthe.
@@wordsmadeofenglish And he got along better with the hired help than he did with you.
We dont need Blake Shelton with guys like James out there still!
My brother showed me this song and I love it. Rest in peace, he’s not here with us anymore.
James Mcmurtry’s songwriting is right up there with John Prine.
Are you „Dave“ Carroll who wrote „United Breaks Guitars“?
@@Tom.Klingl Nope, sorry. I'm not the insurance guy either. People used to call my land line all the time. I finally had to cancel the service.
@@ph00xy Thank you - LOL - I understand, that can be very bothersome…!
We always had room for more.
Agree man McMurtry has that rare and beautiful ability to make you crack a smile and put a lump in your throat all in two or three minutes.
I love the lines about San Jose, Santa Cruz and Los Gatos. Lyle Lovett is a fan our little town just over the hill from Santa Cruz too. Truly a beautiful place to live.
Good Lord! I'm an old jarhead...and this song made me cry! Love James
No other artist moves me like James McMurtry. His songwriting skills are unparalleled.
Just heard this for the first time today- and it made me do something. Something that as a twenty year sufferer of severe mental health issues I haven't been able to do for a long time. I actually and truly FELT.
Thank you for the music, sir.
"Party on wheels with the suicide doors." A throwaway line. There ia no living songwriter better than James, even Bob.
It’s a great line no doubt, but I think Jason Isbell has a pretty good claim on best songwriter alive
@@nathannunnikhoven1313 Jason is very good and will get better as he gets older. I don’t believe in the best anything when it comes to songwriting (or most art) there’s just folks who there’s no one better than. James is there. I think Jason needs some age on him, but no doubt he’s in that group.
@@rizdog2 not to forget Darrell Scott and Richard Shindell when it comes to first person stories!
@@Tom.Klingl Love Darrell Scott, but only vaguely familiar with Richard Shindell. Looks like another rabbit hole . . .
@@rizdog2 yes, it is but it’s worth going down that hole…!
His storytelling and ability to pull the nostalgia from the memories of our past is second to none. Brilliant lyricist.
McMurtry packs so much details about life in a few lines. This is such incredible songwriting.
You can tell he gets that ability to describe things in his songs with such fine detail , came down from his old man as a great novelist.
I’m only 32 years old, but I honestly LOVE this song. James does such a great job at describing the heartfelt reminiscence of an old love. He really touches on the spark, the heartbreak, how time affects all things, finally giving in to feelings but knowing it can’t last, then remembering how special it was years later. Amazing song James.
Easily one of the best and most underrated songwriters ever. Every song is a beautiful story that seems to take you away from the real world for a few blissful minutes
I agree with none grammys ....what world is this
@@Perseas1 I’ve been listening to James almost 30 years. He’s awesome but he’s always been low key and plays very small bar venues for the most part so that’s probably why he’s never got Grammys or as much recognition as he should.
@@Perseas1 Grammys are rigged and favor a select few who are in good with the higher ups in the industry. Pay no mind to them.
@@siryizzur I see......
Cannot wait. The songs I’ve heard sound like some of his best work, which is saying something.
100% George. It’s amazing that a songwriter with James’ chops is getting better, but he is. You can’t be young and do that, you can’t be young and do that.
@@rizdog2 I mean he literally says it, you can’t be young and do that. As he ages his work just gets better and better. I am absolutely looking forward to the horses and the hounds being his best album yet.
@@simonwells7156 It will be. Hope he gets a sliver of the commercial success his songwriting merits. No living songwriter (RIP John Prine) can sketch a broad theme , then reduce to a personal level in a few well-chosen words better than James, And his guitar chops are monster. Result is aural heart surgery.
Great line
@@rizdog2 Aural heart surgery. Life-saving.
I was in the music business when "Too long in the wasteland" was released. He did a a solo acoustic lunch and looked at me with such intensity I had to look away. As Mellencamp said, he writes songs like he's 150 years old. So happy to hear from McMurtry again. Magnificent!
It took for me to get older to really appreciate the line in the lyrics, "on a cross town bus, hiding under my hat making good on a thirty year crush, you just can't be young and do that" just makes my heart crush. So does the reframe: "Take my hand Marie, get a death grip on some part of me, keep me drifting far out to sea, I'll get lost out there." Good God that is some kind of god-damned incredible song writing. The pains and arrows of a lifetime are contained in that lyric line.
the radio just sent me running over here with my ears ON FIRE
Absolutely wonderful from the mighty James
Sounding brilliant and love these stories he writes
Goddamn, a new record of his is just what I need right now
Been listening to him for 25 years. Seeing him live in clubs in Austin back in the day. He just gets better and better and better……
Praise be!!!!!! It's almost here!!!!!!
Just discovered this guy now taking the deep dive.
I can't stop listening to this song. Perfection.
Damn the reframe lyrics, "Take my hsnd Matie, get a death grip on me, keep me from drifting far out to see or ill be lost out there!" What a gut punch of a lyric! The lyric about "cashing in on a 30 year crush, hiding out under my hat, you can't be young and do that... can't be young and do that.." Another gut pinch kyric from a writer who knows about life. This is one great damn song on one great album. McMurtry still is at the top of his songwriting skills. Damn fine music!
Outstanding singer-songwriter and new work. Discovered him initially in the late 1980ies and hadn't heard of JMM for a long time. "But I still need to feel every once in a while the warmth of a smile and a touch."
Never get tired of listening to Mr McMurtry's songs. The music and the great stories are outstanding.
Waiting with eager...hai New songs...and hope seeing him live in Italy...!!!...In the end...we can't make it here anymore..!!!! is still echoing...
Top shelf. Gifted songwriting punctuated by his great singing voice. Great song. Makes me want to pick up my guitar and play along. First time hearing James McMurtry. Where the hell have I been?
Phenomenal. A homerun. Can't wait to see this material live, my God!
Mc Murtry brings the human experience to song like no other.
McMurtry is the rare artist that catches my attention lyrically. The way he strings together words…
I grew up in the area he describes (San Jose, Los Gatos, Santa Cruz). He captures it perfectly.
Just heard the song Saturday morning, on "Wide Cut Country" on Alberta's great CKUA radio station. A perfect venue to introduce a perfect song! Thanks Allison! 👍🏻 👍🏻
Me too!!
Heard this while driving on the Blue Ridge Parkway last week. Pure magic.
love it And there's not much moving on the romance radar
Not that I'm craving it all that much
But I still need to feel every once in a while
The warmth of a smile and a touch
This song made my heart smile. Thank you ❤
There's something about JM that I really like. It's called honesty! ✌
Cheers Tim
Awesome. Love when artists release new music that remind you of why you fell in love with them in the first place. Can’t wait for the album.
I'm french and i love this guy's songs since the beginning of his carreer !
Great song. Saw him on a trip to Austin and here he is referencing "my" home turf. Very cool.
I can’t believe it’s been 7 years since the last album. So looking forward to this album.
James mcmurty and your real life songs....ARTIST above all
Sounds like 1995 in 2021. Love it!
Exactly, Michael! I started listening to him in 1995 myself! "Where'd You Hide the Body" is STILL one of my favorite albums of all time! Damn, this sounds GREAT!!!
Just what I needed to... "keep me from drifting far out to sea"...solid work again JMc and long live the influence of WZ with this effort.
continued great writing/performing from a one of a kind American singer-songwriter that has more depth than most
There’s a pig out there somewhere smoking cigarettes, in an Airbnb he’s unwanted in, with great taste in music. ❤️
Traveled too far to see this. Go Tim for showing me James McMurtry
Such a wonderful song. Love the harmonies! 😊
Didn't really know how much I was looking forward to and needed to hear some new McMurtry McMusic until now. Hurry, August!
Man, I get emotional listening to this every time. Powerful
This song is by far one of my favorites I've heard in a while...so dreamy
God I love this song. 🙂
A brilliant song! One of my favourite songs from 2021.♥️it!
Heard this song for the first time today. Hooked. What a brilliant track. 😊
FANTASTIC Song !!! Looking forward for the complete album coming out !
we met up in Brooklyn before it went hipster ... haahaaa. good
Excellent song and the lyrics are gold! He's got the touch!
American songwriting at its absolute finest. Too many wonderful lines in this song to single out just one, although I do love "...we met up in Brooklyn before it went hipster, you carried your keys in your fist."
The man's just got it!
Lyrics to Sing-Along!!!
I was thinking 'bout you, crossing Southern Alberta
Canola fields on a July day
About the same chartreuse as that sixty-nine Bug
You used to drive around San Jose
Never knew where my old white Lincoln might take you
Party on wheels with suicide doors
Bring the kids and the dogs and your grandma too
We always had room for more
'Til that white-knuckle ride back from Santa Cruz
Second-best surfer on the central coast
Had you wrapped up all the way back to Los Gatos
And I could've cut his throat
And it wasn't like we were an item to start with
It had no basis in fact
But the whiskey could push me to sudden extremes
I don't wanna think about that, I don't wanna think about that
Take my hand, Marie
Take a death grip on some part of me
Keep me from drifting far out to sea
Or I'll be lost out there
We all drifted away with the days getting shorter
Seeking our place in the greater scheme
Kids and careers and a vague sense of order
Busting apart at the seams
I heard you switched coasts, moved in with your sister
I doubt you'd have called it familial bliss
We met up in Brooklyn before it went hipster
You carried your keys in your fist
In a way back corner of a cross-town bus
We were hiding out under my hat
Cashing in on a thirty-year crush
You can't be young and do that
You can't be young and do that
Take my hand, Marie
Take a death grip on some part of me
Keep me from drifting far out to sea
Or I'll be lost out there
Or I'll be lost out there
I was thinking 'bout you crossing Southern Alberta
Canola fields at harvest time
Looked like tumbleweeds all raked up into rows
Brown rusty contour lines
And there's not much moving on the romance radar
Not that I'm craving it all that much
But I still need to feel every once in a while
The warmth of a smile and a touch
And in a way back corner of a cross-town bus
We were hiding out under my hat
Cashing in on a thirty-year crush
You can't be young and do that
You can't be young and do that
You can't be young and do that
You can't be young and do that
Take my hand, Marie
Take a death grip on some part of me
Keep me from drifting far out to sea
Or I'll be lost out there
I'll be lost out there
I'll be lost out there
Source: LyricFind
Hahah funny thing and obviously my nickname is Marie
dude love this song you don't find songs that tell a story this good of a story 10 out of 10 stars James never disappoints on his music
This hit at just the right time for me to learn this and add it to my set for the summer.
I've been a fan for 30 some odd years, his lyrics are wizardry! "Song for a deck hands daughter" and "the lights of Cheyenne" are 2 of my many favorites. And "Angeline" I don't love these east Texas pines...
Beautiful. Absolutely his best song since No More Buffalo.
Great song,great band. Thanks James.
On the calendar.
Damn....new music on the way!
Great song.. Reminds me a lot of Tom Petty. Also I'm addicted to that little guitar lick after the first line of the chorus
Another great song James never disappoints on the song or the story
In the end, if he's not considered one of the top 3 songwriters of all times it would be a sin!
Another great one. Can’t wait for the album James!
I'm here for it. I saw him in Evanston Illinois
GREAT SONG!!!!
Thank you James!
Conocí la música de james por medio de un libro de Stephen king. Under the dome. Ya me traje un cd de Estados Unidos. Candyland. Soy uruguayo!
GOLDEN!!
There's not much moving on the romance radar
Not that I am craving it all that much
But I still need to feel every once in a while
The warmth of a smile and a touch
This song is amazing.
its 14 July '21. "back to normal" is the new buzz. Naw let's keep it outside the lines...a new normal. And weve a new soundtrack for the ride....very nice...
Love this song...
Oh my God this is just so good. That's all I can say.
“Take a Death Grip on some part of Me” this song full of gems 💎
Perfection
Is it possible that James has outdone himself yet again with this record? Sure sounds like it.🤘
Fabulous songwriter. Always was.
Love it
The whole album is a complete smash !!
WOW!
Another masterpiece
This surely makes it...
Super. Nice. 😎👍
For any of you that’s not sure what James is talking about when he talks of “the white knuckle ride from Santa Cruz to Los Gatos and I could of cut his throat” He’s referring to Highway 17, the Highway From Santa Cruz to Los Gatos and Vise Versa- 17 is a radical drive through the mountains and it’s all major large twists and turns of death, it’s like a race track of death and always has been because no matter when your on it or who’s driving it’s like your in a race, 17 just makes almost everyone turn into a race driver! And again the road is long twisty and when you’re a passenger you feel like you’re gonna die and a lot of people do. So that’s what James is referring to, The Ride Back, and that’s why he says “I could of cut his throat” James was obviously a passenger on that drive.
Ive done this drive a million times as I lived in Saratoga right next to Los Gatos for 38 years and I know that drive well and know exactly how James felt, you wanna kill who Evers driving for jeopardizing your life! 😆🤘
As a native Los Gaton, I smiled hard when I first heard those lines. Yeah Highway 17 is a helluva drive. Grew up off Summit, so I did it everyday for years.
"Cashing in on a 30-year crush. You can't be young and do that." Damn. Yeah. But Damn.
It's a vibe 🤣
Dang that’s good
I WAS SO DISAPPOINTED HE CANCELLED HIS SHOW AT THE ARK IN MICHIGAN! COME BACK PLEASE IT WAS JUST RESCHEDULED YALL! ITS STILL HAPPENING
Thanks man I get it
don't forget that whiskey bottle, James . . .
you know as we get older you remember and you cant be young and do that
I’m jealous that I didn’t write this song………
here b/c of tim dillon
Where are my Rothschild's at?