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Trouble the Waters

from Sugarcane Revival by Beth McKee

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    On Sugarcane Revival, (May, 2015) Mississippi native, Beth McKee offers fiery-sweet songs of tenacity and purpose, sung to a deep southern groove. The resulting sound is a composite of the places she’s called home; Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana and Florida.

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lyrics

Trouble the Waters ©Swampgirl Music

Written by Beth McKee and Tony Battaglia
Day after day, on the highway
I witness things I don't want to see
Skinny dog standing on the roadside
An old man with no shoes on his feet
My momma taught me well to know right from wrong
Left me a conscience won't leave me alone
When all I wanna do is get back home
I hear it calling to me

I can't believe what I read in the papers
The same news every day
So much hunger, neighbors hating neighbors
Who brought us up to act this way?
I know I wasn't born to be a politician
I'll go down and help out at the mission
Maybe I'll drop the mayor a line
Tell him what's been on my mind

Chorus: Reach out your hands Sons and Daughters
Get together, go and trouble the waters
We may be gone before it gets done
But revival is gonna come

So much to do, so many need helping
This aint no time to roll with the tide
What's the use watching and waiting
Stand up child, speak your mind
A pebble makes a ripple, that gets it started
Get on out and throw a seed in the garden
My daddy always says "You deep what you sow"
Cultivate what you want to grow

credits

from Sugarcane Revival, track released May 19, 2015
Electric and acoustic piano and vocals: Beth McKee
Tambo-drum and percussion: Juan Perez
Bass: Barry Dean
Guitar: Tim Lee
Organ: John Tegethoff
Additional vocals: Gerry Williams and Nicole Johnson

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Beth McKee Orlando, Florida

Beth McKee is the gestalt of all the places she’s settled. From her native Mississippi to her immersion in the scenes of Austin, New Orleans, North Carolina, and now Orlando – all their musical terroir is in her sound. You’ll recognize the hues if you really wanna parse it, but if you just listen, you’ll hear a sound that is quintessentially Southern, tapped from the roots and rolls like honey. ... more

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