Mason has been invited to perform at The 7908 Aspen Songwriters Festival. Presented by John Oates, The Wheeler Opera House. For more info visit: www.aspensongwritersfestival.com Woohoo!
I’m Only Gonna Break Your Heart – Live in the van
Special thanks to Becky Sapp for making this happen.
Mason Reed “Only Gonna Break Your Heart” Live, Acoustic from Headspace Photo & Video on Vimeo.
Recent Press – Spring 2010
“Mason Reed exemplifies the hard work and entrepreneurial spirit of a new generation of independent artists who are able to create their own paths to success.” – Volume 11
“Get it if you enjoy lightly rocking acoustic music with pointed lyrics.” – Biloxi Sun Herald
“Mason Reed… is an Americana songwriter in the vein of classic country and rock ‘n roll storytellers: there’s something visceral and true running through the center of his latest EP ‘You Can’t Come Back from Heaven.’ – Evansville Courier & Press
“You will be entertained, charmed, and hearing stories about bars in Austin, TX! Mason’s always got a good story.” – Glide Magazine
“Offering up five tracks worth of gloriously smoky and vivid country-rock, singer/songwriter Mason Reed really impresses with this perfectly twangy and harmonic EP CD. …A total treat.” – Jersey Beat
“With his wonderfully distinctive whiskey- and smoke-cured voice, it’s hard to imagine Arizona-based singer/songwriter Mason Reed doing anything other than Americana music. His gritty new EP, the superb ‘You Can’t Come Back From Heaven,’ finds Reed at his bare-knuckled best as he weaves his musical web of ‘lost loves and found purpose.’” – McKeesport Daily News
“‘You Can’t Come Back from Heaven’ … recorded in five days, spans haunting tracks of acoustic guitar overlaid with Reed’s voice, which is gritty, nostalgic, cynical and smoky all at once.” – Monterey County Weekly
“Mason Reed is a man with a story to tell. It is a tale of blood, sweat, tears, bad luck and ghosts from the past that refuse to disappear. Reed regales listeners with his burden-themed anecdotes in his recently released ‘You Can’t Come Back From Heaven,’ a five-song EP consisting of a fusion of Americana, garage and soul music. …the stories he tells within his songs are truly special, making YCCBH a real treat to listen to…” – Northern Arizona University Lumberjack
“Reed’s music seeps with the wisdom of someone who’s been around the block more than just a few times – he understands himself and his cultural roots.” – University of North Carolina Greensboro Carolinian
“You can really feel the grit and emotion in Mason Reed’s vocals and lyrics on his latest EP. His songs are very powerful and delivered very organically with a sound that is unparalleled. …you can feel all the pain, frustration, confusion, anger and every other emotion that is pulsing through Reed as he sings. As familiar as he is unique, Mason Reed is one to watch, as he delivers a thoroughly stunning EP.” – This Is Modern
When Insanity Fails
When Insanity Fails
Copyright 2004 Mason Reed (ASCAP)
Dig me up and take me home
I’ve got a cold wind down in my bones
I’ve got a full moon to howl at alone
There’s a million pounds of pressure and the pressure’s gonna pop
There’s a million pounds of pressure and the pressure’s bound to pop
Take me down to the water
Every son, every daughter
You can hold me down ’till the bubbles stop
Take me down to the river
all you indian-givers
Hold me down ’till the bubbles stop
Somehow you make me everything I am
Somehow you make me crazy too
But you know I’d follow you all the way into town
You know I’d follow you all the way down
To the bottom of that bottle
I’d punch a hole in your wall
Take me down to the water
Every son, every daughter
You can hold me down ’till the bubbles stop
Take me down to the river
all you indian-givers
Hold me down ’till the bubbles stop
Then when insanity fails
When insanity fails
When insanity fails your last defense is me
She got up but she never got found
She got down but she never got found
She got in but she never got out
I never really thought about it
No I never really thought about it
Take me down to the water
Every son, every daughter
You can hold me down ’till the bubbles stop
Take me down to the river
all you indian-givers
Hold me down ’till the bubbles stop
Then when insanity fails
When insanity fails
When insanity fails your last defense is me
Bar In Austin, TX
Bar In Austin, TX
Copyright 1999 Mason Reed (ASCAP)
Tonight I sat and sang and played guitar without you
I had a cup of tea, and a couple cold beers too
I’m positive heaven is a bar in Austin Texas
If we stick together we’ll go farther than they expect us to
And I’m so in love with you
To the moon and back on a time tested rocket
I’ll keep my best dreams written on a napkin in my front pocket
I am positive that the past is far behind me
If I keep moving then the bad dreams won’t find me
And you, chase away the boogie-man
It’s been so sweet just to have you hanging round here
The secret of life is always at the bottom of the next beer
So I’ll crack one more and I’ll just deal with it tomorrow
I don’t know where you’re going, I hope you don’t go far though
‘Cause you mean everything to me
We may not ever understand
What’s destined, thought and planned
Though we may not wanna wreck this
I’m sure I’ll see you someday in that bar in Austin, Texas
If you think loud enough you’ll run any dream to the ground
All I know is I miss having you around
I used to worry what everyone else was thinking
Now the worry’s gone, but then again, I’ve been drinking
You drive me nuts
I’ll just close my eyes and be happy that I’ve found you
When my logic gets too loud I hope my heartbeat will pound through
When my logic gets too loud I hope my heartbeat will pound through
When my logic gets too loud I hope my heartbeat will pound through
Longer Than We’ve Got Left
Longer Than We’ve Got Left
Copyright 2005 Mason Reed
It’s over in a minute when it all sets in
You can go ahead and forget it
But it’ll be back again
It’s getting a little harder to know when to say when
And when to say lose
I don’t wanna have to choose.
I’m calling you out, I’ll figure this out
I’m trying my best, I’m doing my best
I wanna be here
I wanna be here longer than we’ve got left
Don’t bother trying to find me, I’ll be out all night
With a bad wind behind me and a gearshift on my right
It’s getting a little harder to know when to say goodnight
And when to head west
This ain’t no test
I’m calling you out, I’ll figure this out
I’m trying my best, I’m doing my best
I wanna be here
I wanna be here longer than we’ve got left
We all fall down sometimes
Yeah we all fall down sometimes
We all fall sometimes
Sometimes we pick each other up and say
Hey, I’m calling you out, we’ll figure this out
I’m trying my best, I’m doing my best
I wanna be here
I wanna be here longer than we’ve got left
Stay Gone
Stay Gone
Copyright 2009 Mason Reed (ASCAP)
They lied distance don’t make love grow stronger
Take for instance I met this songbird
Now she’s on the road singing all about love
She’ll stay gone a little longer
White lines and its her fault
Yellow lines and its my fault
Diesel fumes and the asphalt
She’ll stay gone a little longer
Yeah she’ll stay gone a little longer
I’m a man with a capable heart
But love like ours should have never got started
You’re on the road learning all about love
While I’m at the bar broken hearted
I’m singing
White lines and its her fault
Yellow lines and its my fault
Diesel fumes and the asphalt
She’ll stay gone a little longer
Yeah she’ll stay gone a little longer
Last time I talked to you I knew we was through
Yeah I knew we was over
Now you’re out the door on tour whats more
I’m out a songbird
But I wish you all the best in life and love and all the rest
May you never get none of that wrong dear
When you’re on the road and you feel like coming home
When your soul is broken and your heart is all alone
When your voice is cracking at the end of every song
May you stay gone a little longer
White lines and its her fault
Yellow lines and its my fault
Diesel fumes and the asphalt
She’ll stay gone a little longer
Yeah she’ll stay gone a little longer
