Poor dude lost his woman. Dug out the old Pheonix Electra guitar on this one.
rock
blues
country
Story behind the song
Wanted to write a sad song about the Mississippi Delta.
Lyrics
Trying To Let You Go
©2004 Brian Futch
It’s a hot, muggy night in the delta,
The two a.m. train rolls down the line,
A man stumbles into the shelter,
Drowning his past one drink at a time,
And the paint’s peeling off every house on this road,
The money left town when the factories closed,
Ain’t no farmers left with a row to hoe,
But I’m still here, trying to let you go,
It’s a hot, sleepless night in the delta,
Traffic lights flash on forgotten streets,
There used to be life when I held you,
Since you’ve been gone it’s a ghost town to me,
And I still hear your voice every time the wind blows,
I still see your face when my tired eyes close,
When you said goodbye, heartache said hello,
And I’m still here, trying to let you go,
Hope everything’s great up in Memphis,
By now you’ve found somebody new,
I’m still hanging on to a memory
That’s a dream that will never come true,
And I still hear your voice every time the wind blows,
I still see your face when my tired eyes close,
In case you forgot, I just want you to know,
That I’m still here; oh, I’m still here,
I’m still here, trying to let you go,