the Leveler

from Habits by Chris Baron Music

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This album comes to you in a beautiful plastic-free case, complete with insert. No lyrics unfortunately (those are online easy to find: www.ChrisBaronMusic.com/music) or on this Bandcamp site. The artwork was painted by Dalton Krajewski of Vancouver WA. Find him on Instagram. He's Great.

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Recorded at Ninkasi Studios in Eugene in mid-2019. James had creative control of the mix and the arrangement. This song is was extra important to me and thus, it get got the "different color font" as the habitual featured track on the album.
The lyrics are based on a novel by Seattle author Patrick Rothfuss called "The Name of The Wind". In a certain passage, the king discusses that "...travel is the great leveler..." Thanks Patrick, for bringing that up...I hope you like the song.

lyrics

the Leveler
(orig) October 2015 - May 2016, I-10 TX east-bound from El Paso
©ChrisBaronMusic2018

You may not call me kind
till I have given up ambitions
and ignored the old traditions
for another state of mind
You may not call me kind

You may not call me pure
till I have faced an easy out
and I have chosen to stay
till I have proven I am sure
You may not call me pure

Travel is the leveler
The top of all the teachers
the purest of the mirrors
A hundred miles of road
will teach you more about yourself
than a hundred years of thinking

You may not call me brave
till I have said farewell to ceilings
and the luxury of stealing
lazy hours in a cave
You may not call me brave

You may not call me brave
till I have walked a thousand miles
Till I have earned the candid smile
of a stranger with a wave
You may not call me brave

Walk till not a person knows your name

You may not call me happy
till I can gaze upon the present
unbothered by regrets
or whether my time was better spent
Suppose you may call me content

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from Habits, released January 1, 2019
I played all the instruments and produced all vocals...but James made it smoov.

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