The Bridge

from Stone and Steel by David Hakan

/

  • 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

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    This is the eco-wallet with no plastic to hold the CD. Earth friendly.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Stone and Steel via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 10 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $20 USD or more 

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    11
    releases

    Get all 11 David Hakan releases available on Bandcamp and save 35%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Count. Me. In., Gypsy Wagon Man, Stone and Steel, Warning Bell, Out of Print, David Hakan - Rough Cuts, David Hakan Live at the Corbin Theater, Loose Upon The Street, and 3 more. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      $78 USD or more (35% OFF)

     

lyrics

The Bridge (Capo on 5th in C)

G D
Brian was just starting a delicate song
C
at a camp in Winfield, Kansas
G D
when a freight train came along.

We couldn’t hear a note / from that funky harp guitar
We threw curses at that train whistle / but they wouldn’t go that far.
Then inspiration struck us like a hammer on a spike
We could silence that whistle till forever and a night.

It would be four miles long from banner to south pine
But that whistle would blow for the very last time

refrain C - G - D - Em - C - D - G
The bridge, the bridge, the bridge, the bridge,
The bridge that bluegrass built.

20,000 regulars and 100,000 more
who call the Walnut Valley their home and so much more
started fundraising with banjos and mandolins
concert across the country, the money rolled on in.

Concrete from Iola, rebar from Garnett
gravel from Kincaid, all donated you bet.
It took them 2 full years, but Sante Fe said OK
That train got switched to higher ground to a Bluegrass parade.
refrain

A red-haired mom was yelling at her teenage girl
like only that right of passage can prompt in this world
When the call came from Stage 5, it finally was their turn
Banjo in her hand, her daughter’s fiddle began to burn.

They raced each other madly to an accelerando
then a gently song on her fiddle brought a tear and a glow.

refrain

Now on stage 11 we listen to songs penned
by pickers in the campground not dead Englishmen.
When the trains come into town we all woo woo happily
cause instead of A#Diminished it’s always the key of C. Woo Woo.
refrain
Woo Woo...The bridge that bluegrass built.

Words and Music by David B. Hakan
All rights reserved 9-19-2014

credits

from Stone and Steel, released January 18, 2016

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

David Hakan image

David Hakan Kansas City, Missouri

contact / help

Contact David Hakan

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like David Hakan, 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