The New Album by Craig Haller

The New Album.

The New Album is a collection of original songs rounded out with a reimagined version of “Crazy Train.” The project explores how people make sense of what hides in the darker corners of imagination and memory.

With a backing band of Nashville’s finest players, it balances emotional depth with restraint — thoughtful songwriting, warm production, and melodies that linger between past and possibility.

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Tracklist.

  • Give me an inch and I'll take a yard
    I'm only satisfied when I'm not satisfied

    I haven't had enough 'til I've had too much
    I'm imprisoned by my lack of self-control

    I'm gonna break all my bad habits
    Break 'em before they break me
    Break all my bad habits
    You'll see

    A bump in the road, my long-lost friend
    You're here to talk me out of myself again
    I've said it before, I'll never do it again
    I wish I had all my never-evers back

    So I could break all my bad habits
    Break 'em before they break me
    Break all my bad habits
    You'll see

    Never ever do it again
    I'll never ever do it again
    Never ever do it again

    I'm gonna break all my bad habits
    Break 'em before they break me
    Break all my bad habits
    You'll see, oh, you'll see
    Gonna break all my bad habits
    Hopefully

  • Life moves fast
    I know I heard that line before
    But there's more truth to it
    When I'm the one that's aging

    It seems like yesterday
    Playing football in the yard
    With a full new deck of cards
    At my disposal

    I gambled some away
    In games I didn't want to play
    But I didn't know that
    'Til it was too late to change it

    I know what it's like to be broken
    And I know what it's like
    To get on my feet again
    I know what it's like to find my way
    30 something and getting better every day

    Bridges burn
    So many people come and go
    Some have walked with me
    And weathered all my seasons

    When I was young
    It's like I wanted to be sad
    It didn't matter what I had
    I wasn't happy

    I've grown out of that
    I learned to love and learned to laugh
    I learned to cut myself slack
    Lord, knows I need it

    I know what it's like to be broken
    And I know what it's like
    To get on my feet again
    I know what it's like to find my way
    30 something and getting better every day

  • Crazy, but that's how it goes
    Millions of people living as foes
    Maybe it's not too late
    To learn how to love and forget how to hate

    Mental wounds not healing
    Life's a bitter shame
    I'm going off the rails on a crazy train

    I've listened to preachers, I've listened to fools
    I've watched all the dropouts who make their own rules
    One person conditioned to rule and control
    The media sells it and you live the role

    Mental wounds still screaming
    Driving me insane
    I'm going off the rails on a crazy train

    I know that things are going wrong for me
    You gotta listen to my words, yeah, yeah!

    Heirs of the old world, that's what we've become
    Inheriting troubles, we’re mentally numb
    Crazy, we just cannot bear
    We’re all living with something that just isn't fair

    Mental wounds not healing
    Who and what's to blame?
    I'm going off the rails on a crazy train

  • I hide behind a smile but I’m bitter in the blood
    I try to see the bright side while holding back the flood
    If there’s a way to seize the day it’s buried deep inside
    Freedom is the dream that fuels the need to stay alive

    And I’m still here

    I set my sights on glory so I wandered off to war
    I made myself a casualty of always wanting more
    Behind the eyes that guide me there’s a fear that never sleeps
    Hopeful affirmation isn’t what it used to be

    And I’m still here
    Just a tiny little whisper in the universe’s ear
    Yes, I’m still here
    Just a little speck of dust with a moment in the sun
    Yes, I’m still here

    I left a trail of breadcrumbs so I could find a way back home
    But when I finally got there, I found myself alone
    I built me up a pedestal and I gave it everything
    But everything is nothing, and nothing’s what it seems

    Yes, I’m still here
    Just a tiny little whisper in the universe’s ear
    Yes, I’m still here
    Just a little speck of dust with a moment in the sun
    Yes, I’m still here

  • This life is a puzzle
    That nobody understands
    We piece it all together
    Then we start over again

    If I were a question
    The answer would always change
    ‘cause when you think you know the answers
    Only questions will remain

    You gotta row with the flow ‘til the water is calm
    And appreciate all the ups and downs
    Don’t take it hard ‘cause it’s only a ride
    Just row with the flow ‘til the water runs dry
    Row with the flow ‘til the water runs dry

    You better take all your chances
    And do it your own way
    ‘Cause everyone and everything
    Will disappear someday

    You gotta row with the flow ‘til the water is calm
    And appreciate all the ups and downs
    Don’t take it hard ‘cause it’s only a ride
    Just row with the flow ‘til the water runs dry
    Row with the flow ‘til the water runs dry

    When your story has been written
    And the lights fade to black
    May all the love you’ve ever made
    Come flooding back

    Just row with the flow ‘til the water is calm
    And appreciate all the ups and downs
    Don’t take it hard ‘cause it’s only a ride
    You gotta row with the flow ‘til the water runs dry
    Row with the flow ‘til the water runs dry

  • Don’t need no money
    It doesn’t last
    Don’t need no shackles
    To chain me to the past
    I want your love, I want to feel your fire
    I want your love to burn me with desire

    Don’t need a fast car
    I take my time
    Don’t need a reason
    To celebrate with wine
    I want your love, I want to feel you breathing
    I want your love to haunt me in my dreams

    I want your love

    Don’t need no quiet
    ‘Cause I like it loud
    Don’t need religion
    To know what life’s about
    I want your love, I want it slow and steady
    I want your love to make me lose my mind

    I want your love

  • Moments stuck in time
    Artifacts of humankind
    They echo from the past
    These old photographs

    These captured memories
    Of the ghosts that haunt my family tree
    I see my face
    In these old photographs

    They take me for a ride
    To the people and places of distant times
    So faded and cracked
    These old photographs

    All the secrets they reveal
    All the history
    So real but so surreal
    All the mystery
    The stories that they tell
    They wake up the past
    These old photographs

    They document my life
    Some make me laugh and some make me cry
    Some moments I want back
    These old photographs

Credits.

Musicians

  • Craig Haller – vocals, acoustic guitars

  • Ryan Madora – bass

  • Mike Hicks – piano, organs, keys

  • Alex Bachari – electric guitars

  • Ellen Angelico – electric guitars

  • Derrek Phillips – drums, percussion

  • Lloyd Green – pedal steel guitar

Production

  • Produced by Craig Haller & Ryan Madora

  • Recorded at The Bomb Shelter, Nashville

  • Engineered by Drew Carroll & Craig Haller

  • Mixed by Brad Jones at Alex the Great Recording, Nashville

  • Mastered by Duncan Ferguson at The Voltage Exchange

Artwork & Design

  • Leanne Bridie

Publishing

  • Released on August 21, 2019

  • Words and music by Craig Haller

  • “Crazy Train” by Bob Daisley, Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads

  • ℗ 2019 Settlement Orange Music

  • © 2019 My Buddy Craig Music [BMI]

Freedom is the dream
that fuels the need to stay alive.

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