Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Eric Church
Vocals
Jay Joyce
Electric Guitar
Sam Bacco
Percussion
Rob McNelley
Electric Guitar
Joanna Cotten
Background Vocals
Mike Haynes
Trumpet
Roy Agee
Trombone
Beth Beeson
French Horn
Austin Hoke
Cello
Avery Bright
Viola
Kristin Weber
Violin
Eleonore Denig
Violin
Billy Justineau
Piano
Evan Cobb
Saxophone
April Rucker
Choir
Armand Hutton
Choir
Jeremy Lister
Choir
Jessica Nolan
Choir
Kristen Rogers
Choir
Maureen Murphy
Choir
Moiba Mustapha
Choir
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Eric Church
Songwriter
Luke Laird
Songwriter
Barry Dean
Songwriter
Jay Joyce
Choir Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jay Joyce
Producer
Jason Hall
Mixing Engineer
Andrew Mendelson
Mastering Engineer
Bobby Louden
Assistant Engineer
Jimmy Mansfield
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'm still the man that I was
Just a little more grey, a little more stay
A little less sting in my buzz
Still chasing a song
Between a verse and a bridge
I know life is just a chorus we sing along
[PreChorus]
And sometimes I think I'm knocking on the door of Heaven
And sometimes I feel like a highway to Hell
And the circle spins unbroken, and we all run wide open
Till we run right back into ourselves
[Chorus]
Take me down to the water, dunk my head into the river
Raise your hands, all hail rock 'n' roll
Change my life, wash me clean with
The truth of a guitar picker
For the songs he sings, I'll gladly give my soul
[Verse 2]
Evangeline
On a Banjolin, light bleeding in
Through the stained glass of my heart
The song she hums
Stuck in my head, could raise the dead
Bring a blind man out of the dark
[PreChorus]
Yeah, sometimes I feel like a candle in the wind
And sometimes I'm just the dust that that wind blows
And the circle spins unbroken till my staying must be going
And it goes back to when she was still mine to hold
[Chorus]
Take me down to the water, dunk my head into the river
Raise your hands, all hail rock 'n' roll
Change my life, wash me clean with
The faith of an amen whisper
For the songs she sings, I'll gladly give my soul
[Bridge]
Yeah, where the angels sing
Where the lost get found
Where the dirt gets clean
With the sound
With the sound going down
[Chorus]
Take me down to the water, dunk my head into the river
All hail rock 'n' roll
Change my life, wash everything
When I sing the hymns of a neon drifter
Wash the blood from the wood of this six-string soul
[Outro]
Yeah, Evangeline
Yeah
Evangeline
Written by: Barry Dean, Eric Church, Luke Laird