I've been trying to get away
From my fears and from my fate
And from the scars that have been left on my face
I haven't found an escape
It doesn't just go away
It doesn't just go away
It doesn't just go away
It doesn't just go away
My eyes have seen blood
My hands have the scars
When all I want to do is run my mind never gets very far
But I don't want to talk about my pain
No, I don't want to talk about my pain
No, I don't want to talk about my pain
I don't want to talk, No I don't want to talk
I'm going to shake off these chains
leave them here in the prison
That I've built for myself
because love it has risen
and He is calling out my name
Saying child its time to be what I made
I'm not quite the man that I want to be
"But I know for a fact that you're not who you used to be"
So I'll set my sight on the end
And keep on running, and running and running
Bright and skipping songs that foreground the sound of the banjo and fingerstyle guitar in music that feels timeless. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 5, 2020
A lush new covers EP with plenty of talented guest appearances, with 100% of proceeds going to the Kentucky Waterways Alliance. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 28, 2018
The new record from Joan Shelley, produced by Jeff Tweedy, is warm, rich and earthy, Shelley's voice laying deep in a latticework of guitar. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 6, 2017
Gorgeous, stirring new single from Joan Shelley sets her warm, oaky voice against dry, waltzing guitar. Also available on 7". Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 30, 2016