For two decades, gretchen peters has been one of nashvilles most beloved and respected artists. Ultimately hello cruel world details the sheer triumph of survival and of finding strength, joy and growth in everyday life despite the challenges of our. In 2014, peters was inducted into the nashville songwriters hall of fame. Baby lock that old front door got a good red wine to pour cause the world is just too much for me tonight i m a soldier back from war too tired to care no more and too. Always send me to this retailer by using this service, you agree to use of cookies. Gretchen peters has extensive liner notes for hello cruel world on her website. Hello cruel world, with its many versions of americana, is expertly and sincerely free of cliches, or false romantic notions about any subject it addresses. She was inducted into the nashville songwriters hall of fame in 2014. An accomplished songwriter, she won the country music association song of the year award in 1994 for independence day, a hit at the time for martina mcbride. Havent done as well as i thought i would im not dead but im damaged goods and its gettin late im a rusty hinge, a squeaky wheel. Get all 11 gretchen peters releases available on bandcamp and save 50% includes unlimited streaming via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality downloads of dancing with the beast, blackbirds, hello cruel world, circus girl the best of, one to the heart, one to the head, northern lights, burnt toast and offerings, trio, and 3 more.
When country singersongwriter gretchen peters started thinking about writing her new album blackbirds, she wondered to herself how shed top her last outing, 2012s hello cruel world. Features song lyrics for gretchen peters s hello cruel world album. Gretchen peters hello cruel world official video youtube. You can buy latest album the essential gretchen peters cd1 2016 gretchen peters. This album comes to the listener as a gift wrapped in tattered paper, making it all the more precious to receive. Features song lyrics for gretchen peterss hello cruel world album. Listen free to gretchen peters hello cruel world hello cruel world, saint francis and more. Gretchen peters born november 14, 1957 in bronxville, new york is an american singer and songwriter. Thanks to a fun time on the internet, we rediscovered a writer we may have overlooked.
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When you are old and tired and gray and wear your overcoat on sunny days when your brave tales have all been told ill ask for them when you are old when you are old and full of sleep and death no longer makes you weep when your body aches with cold ill warm your heart when you are old and youll still be the same to me a comfort and a mystery. Jan 29, 2012 listen free to gretchen peters hello cruel world hello cruel world, saint francis and more. The bp oil spill washed up on her doorstep, a good friend committed. Gretchen peters hello cruel world proper cd download songs for grownups.
Personal pain as universal truth the country music award winner channeled the events of a tumultuous year into a revealing new album called hello cruel world. Americana country folk gretchen peters hello cruel. Hello cruel world explicit by gretchen peters on amazon. Hello cruel world features a duet with rodney crowell on dark angel, along with fan favorites five minutes, the matador and idlewild. Haven t done as well as i thought i would i m not dead but i m damaged goods and it s gettin late i m a rusty hinge, a squeaky wheel at the bad end of a shaky deal. Gina binkley country music award winner gretchen peters had an eventful 2010. Gretchen peters hello cruel world lyrics genius lyrics. She was born in new york and raised in boulder, colorado but moved to nashville in the late 1980s. A studio album of fresh material, hello cruel world, arrived in 2012, while an album documenting her subsequent concert tour, woman on the wheel, followed in 20. If peters 96 debut, the secret of life, had the answers, her edgier followup poses the questions, mostly about how to navigate rough emotional terrain. Gretchen peters hello cruel world lyrics metrolyrics.
This is a promotional video i produced for gretchen peters new album hello cruel world. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. Shot in nashville at patty griffins studio, the video was shot entirely with two dslrs. Gretchen peters download all country songs gretchen peters. There is loneliness and regret, and there is the redemption and refuge found in true companionship. Chords for gretchen peters hello cruel world official video. Gretchen peters born november 14, 1957 in bronxville, new york is an american singersongwriter in the folkcountry genre. Its large spiritual truths are revealed in the only way they matter. She found work as a songwriter, composing hits for martina mcbride, etta james, trisha yearwood, patty loveless, george strait, anne murray. Full of surprises eddies first wife has a randy lesbian at its center peters brings the pop sensibility of sheryl crow to meditations on amelia earhart and picassos cat. Probably because her songs have provided rich pickings for others, gretchen peters tends to get overlooked as a performer in her own right. Havent done as well as i thought i would im not dead but im damaged goods and its gettin late im a rusty hinge, a squeaky. Hello cruel world by gretchen peters, released 31 january 2012 1.
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