From the recording Lost in the Short Grass

A murder ballad based on my misinterpreting a friend's book plot...

Written by Matt Burd 
2026 Blanketfort Music

Vocals: Matt Burd
Background Vocals: Cate Clynch
Acoustic Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar: Mitch Jay
Violin: Talia Beckie

Produced, Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Mark Troyer @ Evergreen Sound

Lyrics

Phone don’t ring much since your mother’s gone
Last voice I expected was you
Said “Daddy, there’s a man taking aim at my heart
And I don’t what should I do”
I guess bad blood’s still thicker than water

It’s been years gone by since you trusted me
You left the night that she died
Said I’m to blame for everything
But you weren’t there by her side
Her blood thicker than water

Blood of my blood
Heart of my heart beating fast
I’ll be there from your first breath to my last

Blood of my blood
Heart of my heart beating fast
Bound together, your future, my past

Folks don’t come round, so I knew it was you
Pounding on my door in the storm
“Daddy, I think trouble’s been following me”
You threw yourself into my arms
Our blood still thicker than water

All of your running, what good’s it for
There’s a man over there with a gun
Can’t stop him but I can stop a bullet
Give you time to run, baby, run
My blood, thicker than water
On my hand as i reached for the door
Felt the sting of another
The last thing I saw was the floor
And my blood, thicker than water

Blood of my blood
Heart of my heart beating fast
You were there from your first breath to my last
Heart of my heart
Blood of my blood flowing fast
Bound forever, your future, my past

Blood of my blood
Heart of my heart
Blood of my blood
Heart of my heart