MUSICIAN ROSTER
Mark Elliott - Vocals and Wechter Nashville High String Guitar
Gary Culley - Vocals, Santa Cruz F Model Guitar, and Gibson F5 Mandolin
Dave Spak - Drums and Percussion
Ron de la Vega - Electric Bass
Jimmy Melton - Banjo
Amber Leigh White - Background Vocals
 

Gotta Get Outside 
Gary Culley 

The snap of a twig underneath my feet 
The distant view of a mountain peak 
The fresh scent of pine every time I breathe 
Gotta get outside 

Hear the rush of a river as it rolls over rocks 
The blue sky that’s home to the red-tailed hawk 
The black shadowed trees make me feel lost 
Gotta get outside 

Inside these ceilings and doors 
I’m kept safe and warm and it drives me crazy 
Give me the heavenly sites of the northern lights 
Or a long summer’s day filled with lazy 

The buzz of these lights fluorescent and cold 
The stillness of air it’s stale and old 
These walls that I climb they’re moving in close 
Gotta get outside 

Feel the warmth of the sun as it falls on my face 
The freedom I feel in some wide-open space 
The wind and the sky is where I find my faith 
Gotta get outside 

Inside these ceilings and doors 
I’m kept safe and warm and it drives me crazy 
Give me the heavenly sites of the northern lights 
Or a long summer’s day filled with lazy 

The hoot of an owl you hear but don’t see 
The moon and the stars and the vast galaxy 
All of these places are where I find peace 
Gotta Get outside 

©2015 Canoe Run Music, SESAC

This is the song that inspired the record. It all started with this half-anthem, half-jam winter song about needing to shed the confines of the walls, ceilings, and floors that keep us warm and protected, but ultimately smothered.