Beg Steal or Borrow (by Ray LaMontagne)

Ray LaMontagne's song from his new album. I've been hearing it on my favorite local Philly station (WXPN) and decided to cover it myself.
I'm pretty true to his version, but I had to add a little flair of my own.
LYRICS:
So your home town's bringing you down
Are you drowning in the small talk & the chatter?
Or are you gonna step into line like your daddy done???
Punching the time and climbing life's long ladder......
You've been howling at the moon like a slack-jaw fool
And breaking every rule they can throw on.
But one of these days, it's gonna be right soon
You'll find your legs and go.. and you'll stay gone

Young man full of big plans and thinking about tomorrow
Young man, you're going to make a stand
You beg, you steal, you borrow.
You beg, you steal, you borrow.

Well all the friends that you knew in school,
They used to be so cool, now they just bore you.
Well look at them now, already pulling the plow,
So quick to take to pain and some mourn you.

Dreaming of the day you're gonna pack your bags
& put the miles away.
Oh, just grab your girl and go where no one knows you.....
What will all the old folks say?

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Beg Steal or Borrow
• Ray LaMontagne
• acoustic guitar
• pedal steel
• Robert Goldie
• Bob Goldie

[kennova01]

very good job..

[bobmuse40]

@kennova01 thank you :)

[bobmuse40]

@Lotum4n. Thanks for clearing up that for me. I figured as much LOLOLOL

[nickc35]

great cover. I have a question for you about your synth pickup. Why do you have it mounted so far away from the bridge? If I mounted mine that far away from the bridge it wouldn't track properly. Does yours work fine that way? One thing in the instructions I remember reading was to mount it as close to the bridge as possible. There is less movement of the strings the closer you get to the bridge and too much string movement supposedly makes it more difficult for the pickup to track. GREAT COVER!

[bobmuse40]

@nickc35 always worked that way for me...I hit the strings abit hard though :)

[bobmuse40]

@bobmuse40 there really is no "RIGHT" way to mount the pickup. It is set according to individual preference :)

[Lotum4n]

@bobmuse40 You wouldnt even come close to being compared to those bad singers on my main page : ) I heard this song on the radio yesterday and after work i came home and as always i searched for the best covers of music i enjoy and yours my friend was the best i found on U-Tube you added life to the original at about 3:15 you put your soul into the song that was fantastic better the original IMO I think you have the voice and soul for some good folk music The guitar its perfect :Purple Soldier

[bobmuse40]

some of you are friends of mine, I think.....from FB or email or otherwise....Who are you ???? Tell me in a private message because I don't know all these Youtube screen-names

[bobmuse40]

@Lotum4n Thank you...I saw your video on the worst singers ever....I hope I'm not considered as in that club :) :)