Some Times (2024 single)

by Grant Peeples

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The song was written by Mary Gauthier and Vince Gill. I heard Mary sing it right after it was written and asked for permission to record it (neither she nor Vince have recorded it yet), and they said...OK! There's no way to accurately convey what a privilege it was to have their permission to do this.

Danny Goddard produced the song. We recorded it in Tallahassee at Log Cabin Studio.

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Some Times - Gauthier/Gill 2023

I worked the Orange Blossom Special from ‘48 till ‘54

Manhattan to Miami, I worked in the dining car

Till Eisenhower built the interstates, and jet liners sailed the skies

Luxury trains were shuttered and the railroads up and died

Some times, some times, I have seen some times

Some times, some times, I have seen some times



They shot JFK and Bobby, and Martin Luther King

These days guns are everywhere, Lord they’re shooting everything

I saw my first black president, made me so proud I cried

I saw the insurrection, can’t say I was surprised

Some times, some times, I have seen some times

Some times, some times, I have seen some times



I am an old man now, my life is almost done

In my heart I do believe that we shall overcome
I pray for this world of sorrow, for a better tomorrow

That we might get there, without a loaded gun



My wife died of sixty years died seven years ago

When I dream about her, in my dreams we are not old

If you see a locomotive rolling down the line

Won’t you stop and think about us if you hear her whistle whine?

Some times, some times, I have seen some times

Some times, some times, I have seen some times

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released May 24, 2024

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Grant Peeples Tallahassee, Florida

A self-described “tree-hugger that watches NASCAR, and Buddhist with a gun below the seat,” Grant Peeples is known for his axe-sharp socio-political tunes, raucous humor and heart-gigging ballads.
He is the recipient of the Focus Foundation Award for Creative Excellence, which cited the “humor, compassion and wisdom of his songs,” and their "unflinching social insight and cultural acuity."
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