Words and music: Kennedy, Holland
Produced by Deborah Holland and Headlong Hearts
Engineered by Emily Ryan
Additional engineering and mixing by Mark Henning
Mastered by Graemme Brown
Recorded at Rain City Recorders and Boutique Empire Studio in the spring and summer of 2024.
Lyrics
When you’re born in a dying town
All roads lead underground
He said, ‘That’s no life for me
This ain’t where I want to be’
Pouring coffee at the local dive
There’s a girl the same thing’s on her mind
There’s something in the water (x 3)
On the job putting in their time
Dirty work saving every dime
His daddy’s Ford ran a little rough
But he said, ‘It’ll take you far enough’
‘I think you both should just disappear,
Nothing good will ever happen here’
There’s something in the water (x 3)
Give in to wanderlust
Or stay put and turn to dust
Hard as it may seem
Doesn’t have to be a dream
They drove west to the open plains
Let the Mustang off the reins
Paradise before the snow
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Nothing like the desert sky
They wrote a postcard home to answer ‘why?’
