Chicot County

from The Bel Air Sessions by Freddie Phillips

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Stomping cotton in a trailer down by the ponderosa
Heading down a road and drop a load off at the gin
You always seemed to stronger than this big, mean world
I wish to God I felt that way again

Cause this here land's worth more than what you can grow upon it
And a man is made of more than blood and bone
Till the levee can't hold back the Mississippi
And everything we once called ours is gone

There's never been a brighter star in Chicot County
But every star fades as the night turns into day
To shine its light upon the other side of heaven
And my thoughts of you are all that still remain

Sometimes I pass the sign on that old highway
It's like I hear your voice call out across the land
"Take your heart back from the hands of this hard world, son.
When you face the end one day you'll understand."

There's never been a brighter star in Chicot County
But every star fades as the night turns into day
To shine its light upon the other side of heaven
And my thoughts of you are all that still remain

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from The Bel Air Sessions, released November 26, 2016
Produced and engineered by Derek West

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Freddie Phillips Nashville, Tennessee

It doesn't take long for the Mississippi delta to come into focus in Freddie's music. A native of southeast Arkansas, he draws from childhood memories of time spent with friends and family on farms and rivers. After moving to Nashville in the late 1990s, he became disillusioned with the music business. It took getting in touch with the less polished side of country music to gain inspiration. ... more

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