Listen to If We Were Vampires (Live) by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

If We Were Vampires (Live)

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Jason Isbell

Lead Vocals

Amanda Shires

Background Vocals

Chad Gamble

Drums

Jimbo Hart

Bass Guitar

Sadler Vaden

Electric Guitar

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Jason Isbell

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Dave Cobb

Producer

Pete Lyman

Mastering Engineer

Gena Johnson

Assistant Engineer

Matt Ross-Spang

Matt Ross-Spang

Engineer

Lyrics

It's not the long flowing

Dress you're in

Or the light coming off

Of your skin

The fragile heart

You protected for so long

Or the mercy in your sense

Of right and wrong

It's not your hands

Searching slow in the dark

Or your nails leaving

Love's watermark

It's not the way

You talk me off the roof

Your questions like

Directions to the truth

It's knowing that this

Can't go on forever

Likely one of us will have

To spend some days alone

Maybe we'll get forty years together

But one day I'll be gone

Or one day you'll be gone

If we were vampires

And death was a joke

We'd go out on the sidewalk

And smoke

Laugh at all the lovers

And their plans

I wouldn't feel the need

To hold your hand

Maybe time running out is a gift

I'll work hard

'Til the end of my shift

To give you every second

I can find

And hope it isn't me

Who's left behind

Knowing that this

Can't go on forever

It's likely one of us will have

To spend some days alone

Maybe we'll get forty years together

But one day I'll be gone

Or one day you'll be gone

Knowing that this

Can't go on forever

Likely one of us will have

To spend some days alone

Maybe we'll get forty years together

But one day I'll be gone

Or one day you'll be gone

Thank you, thank you!

That's another one off our new record

Written by: Jason Isbell

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