Evan: I spent a summer working for a judge, and the stories of those trapped in the criminal justice system were sobering. One of those stories became the seed of this song. It’s not without embellishments, mostly related to the mundane details of the story—for instance, I must apologize to the good people of Capon Bridge and North River Mills for misappropriating the names of their respective towns. But the ghosts in this story are, in a sense, very real.
credits
from Dog & Gun,
released May 22, 2014
Written by Evan Johns
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