City and Colour – Nowhere, Texas (Official Audio)

City and Colour’s song “Nowhere, Texas – available now on Still Records.

“Nowhere, Texas” is a new song for you but an old song for me. I recorded it during my session for The Hurry and The Harm. I knew as soon as I listened to it there was a better place for it than the album.

I’ve held on to it all this time and chosen to release it as a way to bring attention to something around us everyday: violence against women.

I wrote the song after watching a movie, Texas Killing Fields. I couldn’t shake the real story of a lonely road that became the final resting place of missing women. This song tells that story – but sadly this road does not stand alone. Places like this are everywhere.

This weekend marks the 25 year anniversary of the Montreal Massacre – the day 14 women were murdered and another 14 people were injured at the hands of a single gunman because they were women. December 6 is Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

“Nowhere, Texas” is available now. All profits to be donated to the YWCA of Canada’s Rose Campaign as they work to reduce violence against women, increase public awareness and prevent violence before it starts.

► Watch the “Underground” music video: http://youtu.be/qrQ8f5uCYP0
► Get the new album, The Love Still Held Me Near: http://found.ee/tlshmn
► Subscribe for more at http://cityandcolour.com/youtube

Find more from City and Colour:
Site: http://cityandcolour.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/cityandcolour_official
Facebook: http://facebook.com/cityandcolour
Twitter: http://twitter.com/cityandcolour
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/cityandcolour

LYRICS:
Down in Nowhere, Texas
Along the highway forty-five
There’s ghostly stretch of road
Where it’s hard to stay alive
South, towards Galveston
Young girl stayed disappeared
Where the desert sands turn into the wasteland
The air is thick with the scent of fear
Hunting in the killing fields
Small-town country boys do their worst
No one knows how far it goes
It seems that the bayou has become a world of hurt
Collete’s body was discovered
In November of nineteen seventy-one
Then one after another
Victims were found beneath the desert sun
Still no convictions
Handed down for these violent crimes
Will this highway’s history remain a mystery?
Or will the truth arrive over time?
Hunting in the killing fields
Small-town country boys do their worst
No one knows how far it goes
It seems that the bayou has become a world of hurt
And the devil was there, the devil was there
The devil was there, the devil was there

#CityandColour #NowhereTexas #YWCA #StillRecords #DineAloneRecords #singer #songwriter #acoustic #official #audio