Trail of Tales (song lyrics)

From The Bills’ 2016 album “Trail of Tales

Words and Music by:
CHRIS FRYE, MARC ATKINSON (SOCAN)


Walkin’ this trail of tales
I’ve been walkin’ this trail of tales
Walking this trail of tales
From mountains to every coast
Tracin’ the arc of my people
From the highest down to the lowest

Please don’t leave our story here
Grace and allegory is clear

I’ve got red in my inside pocket
People see me and they turn to flee
I may live beyond your mirrored world
But don’t you deify me

Walkin’ this trail of tales
I’ve been walkin’ this trail of tales
Walkin’ this trail of tales
From mountains to every coast
Tracin’ the arc of my people
From the highest down to the lowest

(please don’t leave…)
Walkin’ this trail of tales
From Illinois to the Antrim roar
Following the Loyalist exodus
To the Georgia Basin shores

Red in my reels and rhymes now
People hear me and they turn to weep
I may live beyond your buried wall
But don’t you deify me