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.
Tracklist.
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Give me an inch and I'll take a yard
I'm only satisfied when I'm not satisfiedI haven't had enough 'til I've had too much
I'm imprisoned by my lack of self-controlI'm gonna break all my bad habits
Break 'em before they break me
Break all my bad habits
You'll seeA 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 backSo I could break all my bad habits
Break 'em before they break me
Break all my bad habits
You'll seeNever ever do it again
I'll never ever do it again
Never ever do it againI'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 agingIt seems like yesterday
Playing football in the yard
With a full new deck of cards
At my disposalI gambled some away
In games I didn't want to play
But I didn't know that
'Til it was too late to change itI 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 dayBridges burn
So many people come and go
Some have walked with me
And weathered all my seasonsWhen I was young
It's like I wanted to be sad
It didn't matter what I had
I wasn't happyI've grown out of that
I learned to love and learned to laugh
I learned to cut myself slack
Lord, knows I need itI 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
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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 hateMental wounds not healing
Life's a bitter shame
I'm going off the rails on a crazy trainI'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 roleMental wounds still screaming
Driving me insane
I'm going off the rails on a crazy trainI 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 fairMental 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 aliveAnd 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 beAnd 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 hereI 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 seemsYes, 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 againIf I were a question
The answer would always change
‘cause when you think you know the answers
Only questions will remainYou 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 dryYou better take all your chances
And do it your own way
‘Cause everyone and everything
Will disappear somedayYou 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 dryWhen your story has been written
And the lights fade to black
May all the love you’ve ever made
Come flooding backJust 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
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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 desireDon’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 dreamsI 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 mindI want your love
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Moments stuck in time
Artifacts of humankind
They echo from the past
These old photographsThese captured memories
Of the ghosts that haunt my family tree
I see my face
In these old photographsThey take me for a ride
To the people and places of distant times
So faded and cracked
These old photographsAll 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 photographsThey 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]