Listen to You Can't Fail Me Now (2024 Remastered Version) by Joe Henry

You Can't Fail Me Now (2024 Remastered Version)

Joe Henry

Singer/Songwriter

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Joe Henry

Acoustic Guitar

David Piltch

Double Bass

Chris Hickey

Background Vocals

Jay Bellerose

Drums

Patrick Warren

Piano

Loudon Wainwright The 3rd

Loudon Wainwright The 3rd

Background Vocals

Greg Leisz

Mandolin

Bill Frisell

Electric Guitar

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Joe Henry

Songwriter

Louden Wainwright III

Louden Wainwright III

Songwriter

Patrick Warren

Arranger

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Ryan Freeland

Mixing Engineer

Gavin Lurssen

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

I know that fan is moving air

I can see it in your hair

But I can't bear to

Breathe it in somehow-

I'll rise and fall with you

Cause you can't fail me now,

I'll rise and fall with you

Cause you can't fail me now

Salt is sweet upon my mouth

And dark throws sparks against my house,

The state of love is a smudge upon my brow-

But you see through me

And you can't fail me now,

When you see right through me

You can't fail me now

I've bit off more than I can chew

It’s something that I tend to do

When fewer words are what we need, and how-

You bite my tongue

And you can't fail me now,

I rant and rail

But you can't fail me now

I've lost the thread among the vines

And hung myself in storylines

That tell the tales I never would allow-

God knows the name of every bird

That fills my mind like angry words,

But you know all my secret heart avows…

We're taught to love the worst of us

And mercy more than life but trust me:

Mercy's just a warning shot across the bow-

I live for yours

And you can't fail me now,

I live for your mercy

And you can't fail me now

No you can't fail me now

Written by: Joe Henry, Louden Wainwright III

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