DESCRIPTION:
Jeff Black | Birmingham Road

Artist: JEFF BLACK http://www.jeffblack.com
Album: BIRMINGHAM ROAD
Release Date: 1998
Label: Lotos Nile Music
UPC: 078221885720

Jeff Black Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric),
Harmonica, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Ken Coomer , Bongos, Drums, Drums (Snare)
Jay Bennett , Accordion, Farfisa Organ, Guitar,
Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric),
Organ, Piano, Vocals (Background)
John Stirratt, Bass, Bass (Acoustic), Drums
Greg Wells Accordion, Bass, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic),
Guitar (Electric), Organ, Percussion, Piano
Tommy Jordan , Drums (Steel), Dulcimer (Hammer),
Organ (Hammond), Percussion, Vocals (Background)
Suzie Katayama Cello
Greg Kurstin Mini Moog
Iris DeMent , Vocals (Background)
Tionno Banks Organ, Piano
Curt Bisquera Drums, Drums (Snare)
Marlon Young Guitar (Electroacoustic)
Lance Morrison Bass
Randy Jacobs Guitar (Electric), Mando-Guitar
Boo Macleod Assistant Engineer
Susan Rogers Engineer Producer
Ben Grosse Engineer, Mixing, Producer
Jack Joseph Puig Mixing
Bob Ludwig Mastering
Michael Wilson Photography
Maude Gilman Clapham Art Direction, Design

Contributing artists: Geggy Tah, Iris DeMent, Wilco (v.1)

Recorded at
Pedernales Studio, Austin, Texas
Oceanway Nashville, TN
Oceanway Recording Los Angeles CA.

King Of The World

high on a hill 
the valley below me 
the blue sky above me 
my dream was so real 
I could not hear 
the hum of the highway 
or the drums of the foundry 
pounding out steel

I didn't need no money 
I didn't need no time 
I didn't need nothing 
but my own piece of mind 
and to know that 
a voice like a whisper is bound to be heard 
for just one moment 
I'm the king of the world

for just one moment 
I'm the king of the world 
so I close my eyes 
I let the power defeat me 
because the real world can't free me 
from this dirty old town 
where the four winds blow 
I send my troubles rolling 
since the world just kept turning 
I let it go round

see I took it all in 
like time takes forever 
in a dream that you never 
believed would come true 
then i gave it away 
I just had to surrender 
man I just can't remember 
when I felt so good

Lyrics and Music written by Jeff Black
ⓒ Warner / Tamerlane Music Publishing BMI