
You don't forget your grandmother telling you that they ran moonshine. It put my mind at Cassia Baptist Church and put my mind at my great-grandma's little yellow house.

Īs soon as I heard it, I was like, "Oh, this is, first off, exactly what I've been looking for, what I've been trying to nail here," but also, like, it's that story-song. And is about that little white church and my grandparents. I miss old story-songs, you know? And I wanted some old Jerry Reed fill, Florida swamp - just something that made me feel like I was back in the swamp of Florida when I played it live - something for the show, but also just something that was like, man, this is a stamp of where I'm from. The name Shrek is derived from the German word Schreck, meaning. So my dad preached at it for a long time I grew up there, my dad grew up there. I used a VOICE CHANGER to SING SHREK SONGS to Fortnite players and this happened. was my great-grandmother's elementary school, and then her dad was one of the people that built the church. Why dont you watch where youre wandering Why dont you watch where youre stumbling. The church we grew up in was this tiny, white church on the end of this two-lane dirt road. Cause youre a dumb and belligerent fucker. What does swan song expression mean Definitions by the largest Idiom Dictionary. You've got to tell me." And, so, yeah, my grandparents were running moonshine through Florida and up the East Coast as a Bonnie-and-Clyde duo until, I think, they got word that they might have been noticed a little bit. Definition of swan song in the Idioms Dictionary. My grandmother asked to do a shot, and so I did a shot with my grandmother, and when she set it down, she goes, "Amos, this tastes like the moonshine we used to run."Īnd I was like, "Well, you can't just say that and let it go. Published by Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc. Grandpa's been riding the same streets I'm riding, but he did it back in the day when there wasn't a lot of people watching him, you know?Īnd so, there's this story I found out one time we were having a get-together at my dad's house. If she cant or wont elaborate, they may have to find out the meaning of that subtext on. Now it was the lullaby of the song sparrow or.

and growing up and hearing their stories. It is in musical form only that he suggests the swamp sparrow. I was very lucky to be raised around all my family. He also explains why the song fit his musical vision overall. Below, Ray shares the family history that drew him into the story of "Holy Water," in his own words.
