Taking My Time (Official Video) | The Ruta Beggars
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In bluegrass, there's a long standing tradition of "power-waltzes" - as we like to call them in The Ruta Beggars. One of our favorites is "I Live In The Past" by Bill Monroe; when we heard it, we knew we needed one of these turbo three-quarter-time tanks in our repertoire. Thus, "Taking My Time" was born. At shows, we often dare our audiences to waltz along to our too-fast-to-be-danced-to tune, and leave them huffing and puffing and chuckling with delight. But what is the meaning of the song to which these folks dance so gleefully? The third verse of "Taking My Time" makes an allusion to the famous folk song and story of "The Oxford Girl" (also called "The Knoxville Girl", which is the title by which I came to know the story via a Louvin Brothers recording). The line in that song "They're going to hang me up so high, between the earth and sky" has a haunting beauty to it that we wanted to emulate in the lyrics of our composition. We Ruta Beggars hope that "Taking My Time" can be seen as our nod to the Father of Bluegrass and an exploration of a small corner of the murder ballad's vast lore.
Skyline Records
VIDEO
Shot by Adam Hribar at the Colerain Center
Edit & Color by Micah Nicol
AUDIO
Produced, Mixed & Mastered by Jim VanCleve
Engineered by Cory Halterman at Forty-one Fifteen
LYRICS
V1
Oh the nights are so long
Now I'm here without you
Since you went away
I’m lonesome without you
Now that you're gone
You're still in my mind
The second you left
You were taking my time
CH
You're taking my time
While I'm a dreaming
Cause in my mind
It’s of you I’m thinking
Right from the start
you plotted your crime
I gave you my heart
You're taking my time
V2
The hand on the clock
Has stopped its rotation
The passing of time
A fading sensation
But I know by the sound
Of my beating blood line
That moments still pass
With you taking my time
CH
You're taking my time
While I'm a dreaming
Cause in my mind
It’s of you I’m thinking
Right from the start
you plotted your crime
I gave you my heart
You're taking my time
V3
Put me behind bars
And leave me there rotting
While dreaming of you
Escape I’ll be plotting
This day at high noon
They're letting me fly
The noose sets me free
From you taking my time
CH
You're taking my time
While I'm a dreaming
Cause in my mind
It’s of you I’m thinking
Right from the start
you plotted your crime
I gave you my heart
But You're taking my time
I gave you my heart
You're taking my time
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