← more from
Yep Roc Records
We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Second in Line (Junior)

from Morning Shift by Steep Canyon Rangers

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Pressed on translucent orange vinyl and limited to 1,000 copies worldwide!

    Includes unlimited streaming of Morning Shift via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 3 days
    edition of 1000 
    Purchasable with gift card

      $25 USD or more 

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    The CD arrives in a Digipak and includes a booklet.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Morning Shift via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 3 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $16 USD or more 

     

about

Graham Sharp: This song makes me feel really slimy when I sing it. The point-of-view is one of entitlement, passed down from a father to a son.

lyrics

I was raised at the right hand of the big man
I learned young to kiss that ring
And pretty soon that ring will be on my finger
So you better think twice how you're treating me
Yeah, sister dear she is a beauty
Mama's long since cast aside
Come to think, she's just a half-sister to me
So it ain't half wrong that she's my bride

And we can count our riches in the middle of the night
Look at them diamonds shine
All you sorry sons of bitches wouldn’t ever understand
What it is to be the man standing second in line

Is life too short for the world to learn
Just the way I like to drink my gin
And if someday I should return
You can put on the suit you're getting buried in
And if you wonder how I got this way
It's the same as my daddy done
I got a big fat check when I turned eighteen
And kept the working man under my pretty little thumb

And we can count our riches in the middle of the night
Look at them diamonds shine
And all you sorry sons of bitches wouldn’t ever understand
What it is to be the man standing second in line

Yeah, a man like me in the land of the free
Don't you know I have a mighty good time
I count my riches in the broad daylight
Look at them diamonds shine
And all you sorry sons of bitches wouldn’t ever understand
What it is to be the man standing second in line
What it is to be the man

credits

from Morning Shift, track released September 8, 2023
2023 Yep Roc, LLC. All rights reserved.

Written by Graham Sharp
Enchanted Barn Publishing (ASCAP) administered by Seed Soup Songs (ASCAP)

Mike Guggino: mandolin, harmony vocals
Mike Ashworth: drums, harmony vocals
Aaron Burdett: guitar, harmony vocals
Nicky Sanders: fiddle
Barrett Smith: bass
Graham Sharp: banjo, lead vocals

Produced by Darrell Scott
Engineered by Dave Sinko
Recorded at Inn Bat Cave - Bat Cave, NC
Mastered by Richard Dodd

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Steep Canyon Rangers image

Steep Canyon Rangers Asheville, North Carolina

Steep Canyon Rangers have spent two decades bending and shaping bluegrass, wedding it to pop, country, folk rock, and more to create something original and all their own. The genre-defying band has developed a remarkable catalog of original music that links them to the past while at the same time, demonstrates their ambitious intent to bring string-based music into contemporary relevance. ... more

shows

contact / help

Contact Steep Canyon Rangers

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Steep Canyon Rangers, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featured guests are the golden-voiced Baby Rose and psyche soulsters Brainstory.
listen now