Chain of Ohio

from Many Things at Once by Birch & Brine

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Flying down the hillside with the valley far below
The balance between balance and letting go
Your feet on the pedals and your brother on the road just behind
My soul deep in chrome dances a Carolina reel
Salvation is an oil upon a rusty wheel
I have a chain to set me free, and I'm bent to the direction of your mind
There's nothing like the intercoastal waterway
To let your heart unwind

And will you never leave me
Never leave me
Will you never leave me
Never leave

Don't go away...

Ohio is a promise, and the ocean is a whim
And we will live our lives the way they've always been
'Cause romance never turned to love without losing its life
So with Kitty Hawk before you, the Atlantic in her gown
Will you even remember all the roads we traveled down
'Cause I was always there through the victory and strife
May your conscience be the friend
With love enough to cut you like a knife

And will you never leave me
Never leave me
Will you never leave me
Never leave

And one hundred years from now
When your ashes to ashes have gone
Still I will carry my friends through Montgomery County's dawn

So climb upon my shoulders, you were never meant to fly
The Lord laid down his wings so he could walk the countryside
And a man has got no glory of his own till he's past the great divide
But you've got two wheels and these haunted roads
Till the day you die

And will you never leave me
Never leave me
Will you never leave me
Never leave

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from Many Things at Once, released June 3, 2022

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Birch & Brine Knoxville, Tennessee

ETHAN NORMAN and ADAM WHIPPLE, with a high-energy blitzkrieg of harmonies and steel-string solos, happening somewhere in the woods or on a beach.

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