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This photo was taken by our daughter, Sarah Timmons, or my wife, depending on who you ask. We were in Rehoboth Beach, DE on Easter Sunday, 2011.


Several years ago, on the way home from a family vacation, I picked up a notebook and quickly recorded an incident that had occurred involving our son. Eventually, I used that story to illustrate something about my spiritual walk as a believer in Christ. Thus began a deliberate attempt to document the significance of everyday events. Almost any ordinary circumstance in daily life can become fodder for another story. This, almost by definition, lends itself to a blog.

Of course, many of the entries here are just ordinary diary style stuff... the stuff of ordinary blogs. Good grief, I don't want to be ordinary.


Saturday, January 17, 2026

49 Winchester - Leavin' This Holler

I don't recall how I stumbled onto this song, but I listened to it repeatedly all week.

Somehow, I think it expresses some feelings I've had. No idea exactly how it specifically applies to me, but the concept of yearning for freedom rings loud. 

 

  




Well, I can feel it changin' in every moment, every hour
Lives start rearranging, and the sweet things all turned sourTried to take one for the team and stick aroundTry to make things what they should beBut I can't, not in this town
 
So I'm leaving this hollerLeaving the heartacheAnd I'm leavin' the way things used to beI will not be returningMy spirit is still yearningFor a chance at being happy, Lord, and free
 
And those chains they use to bind meI'll break 'em off and find me a lover who will never let me downWell, a brand-new start and a clean-washed heart 
And I'll be good to goWell, they say that you can't keep a good man downI'm skippin' town
 
Well, I hate to waste my time hereI ain't got but so much leftI'm tired of running from the questionWhen the answer is the testAnd I thought it would be easyLet the chips fall how they willOh, I know that I got love to giveBut I ain't got time to kill
 
So I'm leaving this hollerLeaving the heartacheAnd I'm leavin' the way things used to beI will not be returningMy spirit is still yearningFor a chance at being happy, Lord, and free
 
And those chains they use to bind meI'll break 'em off and find me a lover who will never let me downOh, a brand-new start and a clean-washed heartAnd I'll be good to goWell, they say that you can't keep a good man downI'm skippin' town
 
So I'm leaving this holler (leaving)Leaving the heartacheAnd I'm leavin' the way things used to be (used to be)I will not be returning (return)My spirit is still yearningFor a chance at being happy, Lord, and free (free)
 
And those chains they use to bind me (chains, I'll break)I'll break 'em off and find me a lover who will never let me down (let me down)Oh, a brand-new start and a clean-washed heartAnd I'll be good to goWell, they say that you can't keep a good man down (good man down)I'm skippin' town
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