The Idiot - Stan Rogers (Cover) + Bonus Verse by Seth Staton Watkins

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The Idiot - Stan Rogers (Cover) + Bonus Verse by Seth Staton Watkins

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The Idiot - Stan Rogers (Cover) + Bonus Verse by Seth Staton Watkins
The original TikTok of this song has over 2 million views at this point which is absurd and I have received numerous requests to make a full version so here it is! I added the harmony that David Coffin (the chanty man) added in a TikTok duet and I added a verse at the end. As much as I love Stan Rogers, this song never sat right with me. I believe it presents a false dichotomy, to either be a slave to a capitalist overlord or a beggar taking handouts. There is a third option. A world in which the riches of the refineries and mines, offices and manufacturing plants, are shared equally among those who labor within, and not hoarded by distant despots that all too often sacrifice in the name of profit those who labor. I hope you enjoy my rendition of The Idiot by Stan Rogers.
Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
I often take these night shift walks
When the foreman’s not around
I turn my back on the cooling stacks
And make for open ground
Far out beyond the tank-farm fence
Where the gas flare makes no sound
I forget the stink and I always think
Back to that Eastern town
[Verse 2]
I remember back six years ago
This western life I chose
And every day the news would say
Some factory’s going to close
Well, I could have stayed to take the dole
But I’m not one of those
[Refrain]
I take nothing free, and that makes me
An idiot, I suppose
[Verse 3]
So I bid farewell to the Eastern town
I never more will see
But work I must so I eat this dust
And breathe refinery
Oh I miss the green and the woods and streams
And I don’t like cowboy clothes
[Refrain]
But I like being free, and that makes me
An idiot, I suppose
[Verse 4]
So come all you fine young fellows
Who’ve been beaten to the ground
This western life’s no paradise
But it’s better than lying down
Oh the streets aren’t clean, and there’s nothing green
And the hills are dirty brown
But the government dole will rot your soul
Back there in your home town
[Verse 5]
So bid farewell to the Eastern town
You never more will see
There’s self-respect and a steady cheque
In this refinery
You will miss the green and the woods and streams
And the dust will fill your nose
[Refrain]
But you’ll be free, and that makes me
An idiot, I suppose
[Bonus Verse]
These are the words I tell myself
When I miss my own hometown
I tell myself that I'm doing right
by turning that welfare down
But now I see for you and me
That I want those woods and streams
For I owe my life to this workers strife
Why can't I just be free

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@ebjeezer Ай бұрын

I am a Nova Scotian, the son of a Coal Miner who was the son of a Coal Miner, who was the son of a Fisherman, and I am VERY VERY PROUD OF IT! These men were honest to a fault, never missed a days work, and were as tough as nails. In the 70s and 80s it was tough times in the Maritimes and the call to go out west took a lot of people away. I am a huge fan of Stan Rogers and the lessons he was telling through his music. Thankyou for keeping this amazing song and the memory of Stan alive. You are fantastic and love your version of this song. You have gained a new fan tonight.

@TorontoCanada5 2 жыл бұрын

That last verse. I've been a blue collar work my whole life, it's all I know, and I do it well. This song in general captures that feeling but that last verse hits home, and hits hard. I've only heard it twice but both times it has brought me to tears and I don't think it ever won't

@sethstatonwatkins 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing friend

@randyconrad4155 2 жыл бұрын

@@sethstatonwatkins not going to lie. Hearing there'd be an extra verse made me cringe. Heard the verse and honestly Im going to add it when I sing this song.

@Rixoli 2 жыл бұрын

@@randyconrad4155 And moments like these are often the best compliment one can give an artist, alot of times a cover can change lyrics about and still make a 'good' song. It's rare to find a line that actually makes the song even better, not to mention on a Stan Rogers song. Well done Seth!

@Fwibos 2 жыл бұрын

That last verse isn't in the original. it's just him editorializing.

@randyconrad4155 2 жыл бұрын

@@Fwibos we know

@MrRossNL 2 жыл бұрын

I found my new "Play on repeat while staring out of a window out into the distance with a blank look" song!

@gapdragon01 Жыл бұрын

Stan Rogers is such a treasure! Thank you for bringing him to life one again.

@jackloder5691 2 жыл бұрын

Fuck man, you got me tearing up on my 15min break. Great cover and I love the bonus verse. Gotta go fix my face and get back on the floor now

@shadowmage36 11 ай бұрын

There's no replacing Stan, but goddamn, I did not expect to be openly weeping on a Wednesday while driving to work. Well done! That last verse is a damn fine addition.

@robsealsey5052 2 жыл бұрын

I don't think Stan wrote this, as many have suggested, not believing his own words. I believe he simply understood the hard reality of what life can be, and the haunting sadness of a life left behind to find something that could not exist before. The viewpoint of the song is definitively of someone who isn't necessarily happy about the choice they had to make, but is still opposed to the people calling him the, "Idiot," for moving West and taking up a hard living just to be free. I think he understood it was a hard choice, and one that many would ridicule as foolish for what they saw as potentially little gain. Stan also, and I would say rightly, points out that laziness, bitterness, arrogance, and dependence rot people inside and out. When I listen to this song, or Mary Ellen Carter, or many of Stan's works, I hear the thinking of someone who believed had work and a healthy degree of self reliance was liberating, and helped avoid the poison mentioned above, not ridiculing them as foolish, or writing for classist rhetoric.

@RonnieTheSim Жыл бұрын

I believe that. There's no good in ridiculing someone for making bad choices when there aren't any good ones in front of them. ("Why don't those idiots just ... ?") I believe Mr. Rogers was writing to meet an unmet need, not to pit different varieties of "idiots" against one another, but to uplift a particular under-appreciated variety of "idiot". And, I believe that Mr. Watkins' new verse favors that reading of the old verses.

@huntercole5470 2 жыл бұрын

You summed up the last 5yrs of my life and made a tear roll down my cheek Great song man

@bupkissknarbler4261 2 жыл бұрын

Ive been working class all my life. I loved it and its all i know. But the knowing we are being used and seeing that in my dad and granddad's life, knowing how they worked and how Ive worked and how bad we are being screwed over. We all want to do better for those around us and for society. That's used for the worst things. We are used for the worst things. Its used to oppress us. Its damn sickening. Thank you for putting these words where folks can hear them.

@RonnieTheSim Жыл бұрын

Yes and yes. Folks will, I hope, hear them more easily thanks to that beautiful voice. And, I think the new verse helps people to better hear Mr. Rogers' original verses in the spirit they were intended.

@kimberlymichelle1188 2 жыл бұрын

I commented on TikTok but I want to elaborate here. I said your voice reminded me of nights around the campfire when it was just my family, loved ones and I. My family would always go camping during the summer and my mom and I would lead sing alongs. So many amazing memories. We lost mom back in 2013. So thank you so much for helping me to remember those amazing memories. Keep making music. You're magic.

@sethstatonwatkins Жыл бұрын

That means a lot. Thank you.

@adamantineshining 2 жыл бұрын

As an atlantic canadian and a longtime Stan Rogers fan... absolutely stunning.

@noahberg101 2 жыл бұрын

as someone in trade school going into machining I love the original it's about a man who doesn't want any help from the government and feels he can earn his own and owe no one. I respect that and hope to be like that. but that last verse is what I hope for in retirement and when I own my own shop. nice green hills and streams for me to sit and enjoy. I just like being a productive person and feel I need to earn my share instead of asking for it which I understand not all can do.

@austinmoulton490 2 жыл бұрын

That last sentence is exactly what the original writer intended to say

@dakotastein9499 Жыл бұрын

the song also hints at the harsh realities of the fact that weather your on a government check or a company payroll you are still under somebodie's thumb. ive known poeple who have worked thier entire lives only to have nothing to show for it . good work ethic and a productive aditude are important,but it will be exploited and tooken advantage of almost every time.

@Danawesomy567 Жыл бұрын

The original song was rooted in proletarian irony. One of the last stanzas hints at a lament of the worker’s life. “Oh the streets aren’t clean and there’s nothin’ green and the hills are dirty brown.” “Oh you’ll miss the green and the woods and streams and the dust will fill your nose. But you’ll be free and *just like me* an idiot, I suppose” The POV character regrets where he ends up but is simply too proud to “take the dole”. This doesn’t mean the POV character *wants* the life he is forcing himself to live. Seth’s stanza was a rather “on the nose” addition of what Stan Rogers was implying throughout the song. Not to say there’s anything wrong with your worldview. By all means if you can get by on your own and don’t want government support, go for it. If I was well off enough, I wouldn’t want government support either.

@bigawesomewatermelon9511 Жыл бұрын

@@Danawesomy567 whining about trading one sad miserable life for another said miserable life. Passive-aggressively saying that you're better than everyone who didn't make the choice you did. Not saying that he wasn't trying to convey the message you say he was, but this song does a poor job of conveying that message if he was. It's a whiny song, about whining. Nothing wrong with that. A lot, lot of folk songs are about whining.

@kingjudiciousmorticiangodo1924 Жыл бұрын

@@Danawesomy567@bigawesomewatermelon9511 Stan Rogers was already on the nose with the song. Mr. Watkins put a radio tower on the proletariat irony and decorated it like a Christmas Tree.

@alizaellner3696 2 жыл бұрын

The nuance your rendition brings to this song... Once again, amazing work.

@clowkey1747 2 жыл бұрын

Both versions of this song hit very close to home. I’m proud of the work I’m doing, but being so far from home and far from loved ones is very painful.

@ava490 2 жыл бұрын

The first time I heard this song I cried. And here I am listening to your version crying again at that added verse. You did an amazing job

@ronmcc100 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this! It's good to see that Stan Rogers legacy will never be forgotten, and your touches are tasteful and in the same style. Well done! Keep up the good work!

@ww32 2 жыл бұрын

Randomly listening to this at work for the time, having heard Stan Rodgers original countless times, I was not expecting the verse you added to the end. I’ve never come so close to crying in front of my coworkers…

@audreysghost6744 Жыл бұрын

Wow, honestly this is a BEAUTIFUL way to honor a classic. Truly moving. ☘️

@Telnan Жыл бұрын

I've been an industrial worker my whole life, always been hard for me to show feelings and stuff. Listening to this version for the first time, i teared up! Love it, and thank you for this beautiful piece of music!

@MsLovieGirl Жыл бұрын

Wow!! This blows me away! He has such a great voice.

@philiphamel8504 2 жыл бұрын

This was the song that introduced me to your work. I'm so happy this cover is here

@GardensAndGames 2 жыл бұрын

If Stan were alive today I don't know what he'd think of your extra verse. He understood on some level what greed and pollution had done to his beloved Canadian fisheries. I'd like to think that the solidarity with the common man would strike a chord in his heart. All I know is that I love your addition, and it makes me love the original song more.

@GHefly445 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah i don’t think he would really care for the last line too much. The cause is not capitalism, its regulations put on the factories. Workers also made huge amounts of money. Ive heard stories of people making upwards of 200,000 dollars working on steel mills.

@austinmoulton490 Жыл бұрын

@@GHefly445 I disagree. Because after releasing this song, Stan went and wrote the chemical worker song. Which is very avidly anti-capitalist greed and pro regulation.

@GHefly445 Жыл бұрын

@@austinmoulton490 Says who? Ive looked it up and it appears he never even covered the song let alone wrote it.

@GHefly445 Жыл бұрын

@@austinmoulton490 It was wrote by Ron Angel. I dont know where u heard Stan rogers wrote this song.

@GHefly445 Жыл бұрын

@@austinmoulton490 it appears he was at the very least a socially conservative guy that thought masculinity was a very important value. He never talked about politics so i think its a bit disrespectful to turn him into a socialist songwriter which he was most likely not.

@Dimetropteryx 2 жыл бұрын

Straight into my favorites it goes.

@alexhickey8869 2 жыл бұрын

You introduced this song to me on TikTok. And it has been one of my favorite songs, and I was so disappointed that you never made a full version. You’ve made me extremely happy now. Keep on rockin on, brother.

@mikuhatsune184 2 жыл бұрын

Your voice is absolutely gorgeous on its own, but when you harmonize…DAMN. That last verse is also perfect for this song. Thank you for another beautiful cover!

@markdavidmagat9866 3 ай бұрын

Love the orginal but this takes it up a notch for me just for that last verse. The original I felt was very much "pick yourself up by the bootstraps and make it your own way! On your own!" but that last verse adds a retrospective on the idea that most of us have faced. At the end of the journey and the job, what was it all for? Now you find yourself with riches but who's left standing beside you in this dirty decrepite place. The longing for home, the longing for the people you love and love you back comes flooding in. And you ask yourself, was this worth it? Beautiful rendition and I think elevates the song!

@sethstatonwatkins 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing friend

@sapherno11 2 жыл бұрын

That last verse....you carried the soul of the song on. There's such a sense of.... Poignancy and loss.... It is a rare artist who can inspire so many emotions with such a short verse.

@hannahpittman5379 2 жыл бұрын

Every time I hear your songs, I just can't upvote it enough 😭😭😭 I love your music so much! Thank you for all you do!!

@jacobprudent4354 2 жыл бұрын

I have listened to this at least 20 times. It is perfect 🥰

@leslieunderwood3520 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this outstanding cover of a Canadian icon, Stan Rogers, tune.

@tbsupratom7232 Жыл бұрын

I love Stan Rogers, you should cover more of his songs

@hrrawr 11 ай бұрын

Including the extra verse for clarification definitely does detract from the ironic, contemptuous tone of the song in itself, but I still appreciate what you did for trying your hand at NOT leaving that out instead!

@tin117man9 2 жыл бұрын

I always come back to this song. This to me is the best version of this song. Don’t get me wrong I always liked the original. But this one always has me coming back!

@Ididrealstuffnotmadeupshit 9 ай бұрын

2019-21 I was an antipoaching instructor in a park in DRC but Covid messs it up and i endedd up as the security manager on a copper and cobalt ans mine just outside the park and due to the UK redzone quarantine I was stuck on the mine until it was over....thsi song related to me so much....now im back where i belong 😊

@Lee-nd4yf Жыл бұрын

Not the same place but the same feeling. Living out in the red dust desert of Australia on an iron ore mine 10000km from my green forested home .... no reminders of home here though ... just the longing

@Nobert594 2 жыл бұрын

How do you sing so good????? Like it's flawless what the fudge

@stamrly418 24 күн бұрын

Lovely rendition of a working man’s plight . Toil gives an inner feeling of usefulness, this song shows there is no paradise. “Work I Must….”

@corybryant9513 2 жыл бұрын

Your voice is absolutely amazing. What a gift you have!

@isaiahbasaldua924 Жыл бұрын

The songs of the working class inspire me always as member of the working class I understand our plit. We build it all but at what cost to our bodies and our lives. Beautiful poetry

@genegene5339 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite Singer covering the Great Stan Rogers. Superb harmony.

@Aidames Ай бұрын

This is such an excellent cover of the original! Makes me teary eyed every time. One small criticism, if I may: the lyrics of the last original verse are "but you'll be free, and *just like me*, and idiot, I suppose". It's a very critical piece of the song. But again, thank you very much for blessing all of our ears with your rendition of this great song!

@siegehammer63 2 жыл бұрын

I'm lying in a bed in camp, 15 minutes from an oilsands refinery. I never got the song, or the sacrifices of the hard tough men who do this job. I stink. I'm covered in grit and dried sweat and I'm about to go grab my laundry and shower, and get up at 5 in the morning to do it again for the eighteenth day in a row. The only thing worse than this would be not being able to care for the people I love.

@seanhalloran8677 2 жыл бұрын

Here are the lyrics yall I often take these night shift walks When the foreman’s not around I turn my back on the cooling stacks And make for open ground Far out beyond the tank-farm fence Where the gas flare makes no sound I forget the stink and I always think Back to that Eastern town I remember back six years ago This western life I chose And every day the news would say Some factory’s going to close Well, I could have stayed to take the dole But I’m not one of those I take nothing free, and that makes me An idiot, I suppose So I bid farewell to the Eastern town I never more will see But work I must so I eat this dust And breathe refinery Oh I miss the green and the woods and streams And I don’t like cowboy clothes But I like being free, and that makes me An idiot, I suppose So come all you fine young fellows Who’ve been beaten to the ground This western life’s no paradise But it’s better than lying down Oh the streets aren’t clean, and there’s nothing green And the hills are dirty brown But the government dole will rot your soul Back there in your home town So bid farewell to the Eastern town You never more will see There’s self-respect and a steady cheque In this refinery You will miss the green and the woods and streams And the dust will fill your nose But you’ll be free, and that makes me An idiot, I suppose These are the words I tell myself When I miss my own hometown I tell myself that I'm doing right by turning that welfare down But now I see for you and me That I want those woods and streams For I owe my life to this workers strife Why can't I just be free

@mazerunner1054 9 ай бұрын

I could go on about the recent life and job troubles I'm going through, but really, they don't matter. What does, is your take on the song and the simple and dignified performance of it. So, for that - thank you.

@MikeRiley84 Жыл бұрын

There is no loss of self-respect in accepting government assistance. Sometimes we just need a hand to get out of the place we're in and that is what it is there for. If you need the help, take it. If you can and want to, work. We're all just trying to get by the best we can. Government assistance changed my life; I am independent today because it was there when I needed it.

@Mr.Sp1ze 9 ай бұрын

All the government has done for me is demand I pay that money back.

@jellyfishing22 2 ай бұрын

To be robbed with taxes just for the government to give me pity ad a couple pennies, turns sorrow into a grudge. I get your message dont get me wrong but in this case and many others the heart of the problem starts and ends with the gov. Being helped by a community can be uplifting, being taken care of by the state after pleading your case to bureaucracy to stop them from making your livelihood impossible and them finally feeling they have to capitulate to the needs of the people is abhorrent. You should have a housing market that isn't hostile to those making under six figures, health insurance should be an arm and a leg or put you in debt if you dont have it when you break a bone, and the general population shouldn't need government assistance, if they do that is a sign the gov messed up the first time they said "I'm with the government and im here to help". I lose respect for the government when they edge in any way towards communism

@Sparks29252 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely stunning coda to the whole song. I agree that this one never sat right (for the opposite view look up The Chemical Workers Song). Taken with his other work I don't think Stan fully intended how this one came across, he wanted to be working, to be of use, and not doing so would grate on him. That said yeah this one doesn't read great. Amazing addition and worthy of the original singer.

@joeamerican3947 2 жыл бұрын

The chemical worker song has been my theme song for awhile.

@Rrss369 2 жыл бұрын

Seth did a short of the chemical worker’s song on Tiktok

@Sparks29252 2 жыл бұрын

@@Rrss369 and an excellent one at that.

@noahberg101 2 жыл бұрын

I personally like both. one is about a man contempt with life he likes work and wouldn't ask for a more. the other is about a man abused by work he's down on his luck in the harsh working conditions. like two sides of a coin

@makky-kat3719 2 жыл бұрын

@@Rrss369 I don't even have a Tiktok, but I went, looked it up, and now I think we need a full cover of that one.

@phoenix5384 2 жыл бұрын

This has to be one of the best covers of any song I've heard, and the bonus verse adds a ton of additional nuance to it that only makes the original version better

@Teajay21 2 жыл бұрын

This is a great song, and you cover it beautifully as you always do, but I really appreciate the last verse you added! ❤️

@MrFPRdz 2 жыл бұрын

this is perfect. Update: I wrote the comment above before finishing the video, once I heard the last verse tears welled in my eyes. Oh God.

@skirmish23 Жыл бұрын

This gives me the goosebumps... I love your work, supporting you on Patreon BTW ❤

@sethstatonwatkins Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@hotterotter 6 ай бұрын

Nobody going to mention that awesome sweater? Dude's rocking it!

@markhammond690 2 жыл бұрын

Never heard this version before. That tune reminds me of moving from Georgia to Kansas twice to find work.

@letsgobrandontrump2024 2 жыл бұрын

FUCKEN beautiful vocal efforts (And heaps talent too) can’t complement you gents enough

@ShineyTrayCosplay 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I absolutely love listening to you! With love from Texas

@sethstatonwatkins 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

@neodeath90 2 жыл бұрын

So this was released on my birthday and it made the day so much better! Thank you for this. I adore your singing.

@scottdoherty7531 2 жыл бұрын

I miss my town, I hate the city, and I don't even make good money. I should just go back.

@OTBReviews38 6 ай бұрын

I think I found my new favorite song… I just took a job traveling chasing my dream but my fiance is home until she finishes college and I miss my beloved Texas.. this song hits me right in the heart. Love you Jolie

@lukeo9487 2 жыл бұрын

Well, I cried, so there’s that. Absolutely beautifully done. Hoping to see it on Spotify.

@adamxei9073 2 жыл бұрын

I feel this way sometimes. Thanks for singing this Seth.

@noahberg101 2 жыл бұрын

I was just listening to the original today! so glad you did a cover!!!

@poellot 5 ай бұрын

Awesome, that last verse is just 100 percent truth. I work as a truck fleet mechanic, when the government shut everything down during covid, i told my wife, we will be fine because ill never go a day without work so we will get by because i am more essential than any other job in the world . She was laid off because she was a waitress. Then she collected from the government and was making more than me by staying home everyday. yes i may be a genius but i felt like an idiot. Still working the same blue collar job for 14 year.

@lindcanfield2681 2 жыл бұрын

This was such a lovely performance. I'm glad you redid this song :)

@bellerain381 2 жыл бұрын

This is such a great song! Thank you for covering this song!!

@hardyhar8744 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. This is my first video of yours as a lead. What a great vocal control. I am looking forward to watching/listening your other vids. Keep shining on you crazy diamond 🤘😁

@Jamie1317kast 2 жыл бұрын

Long-time Stan Rogers fan! Love the addition!

@persianprince6213 2 жыл бұрын

Me too, it was excellent

@MachGlacier 2 жыл бұрын

This is fantastic... don't stop

@powerup3005 Жыл бұрын

That last verse hits hard, great job

@titania2523 2 жыл бұрын

Oooo I’ve been waiting for your cover to this song

@ramiramadan3578 2 ай бұрын

SETH REMINDS ME WHEN I WAS YOU AND RENT MY FIRST APARTMENT IN BROOKLYN NY ON THE TOP OF IRISH BAR I WAS UNABLE TO SLEEP ESPECIALLY ON WEEKENDS BUT SURPRISINGLY THE IRISH MUSIC BECAME MY MOTHER SONGS FOR ME TO SLEEP WHEN I WAS SMALL

@poftchen9340 2 жыл бұрын

Random rant when far far to into my cups For me Stan Rogers is the most influential artist in my life, though I wouldn’t say he’s my favorite (for sure up there). And while I absolutely love your music, and your rambling rover cover and IRA music is on my daily listen list, I had advoided this one for a lot of personal reasons. You did amazing and I find the last verse extremely fitting. Now we just have to convince you to do Canol road or Athens queen

@RogueSith07 2 жыл бұрын

Love this song, can happily say this does it right. Please keep this up, its outstanding!

@Rocin_Rykor 2 жыл бұрын

That was fantastic, great work.

@limeyndixie 2 жыл бұрын

Stan Rogers had a keen awareness of the community and culture he lived in. His sentiments would, I firmly believe, have changed had he seen what the labor and union movement has become. Not to mention the increase in their repression and exploitation. Self respect? None to be found anymore without solidarity. And the third path, as you say, is beginning to loom larger as the workers’ last and only hope. Brilliant rendition, mate. Thank you.

@sethstatonwatkins 2 жыл бұрын

Well said my friend

@jasonmccain9544 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! Great job!

@Japanlover79 2 жыл бұрын

Your voice gives me shivers it's amazing

@hugemusiclover1837 2 жыл бұрын

💕💕💕 Another beautiful song for my playlist. I listen to your songs on repeat and every new one makes my heart so happy ❤️ I'm not sure if you'll ever see this, but I think 'Its a long way to Tipperary and 'Teir Abheile Riu' would sound really great in your voice!

@aaronslevinlanders6855 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing. I could listen to this all day long

@balasaashti3146 2 жыл бұрын

Damn can relate when I moved from Utah to New Mexico at first didn't like it but I began to love the freedom coming from living away from any city. I miss the mountains during winter and fall but I love going out with my two rescue dogs I found as pups close to death on the reservation. Out in the desert with your dogs a rifle and the hot sun above you is something I fell in love with.

@themangledwither Жыл бұрын

When I first heard this song I was working at my towns local family fare (grocery store) I was the "service clerk" basically I had to do everything that I didn't sign up for like trash cleaning the floors windows vacuuming taking care of recycling. I signed up to bag groceries and bring carts in. The last verse you added really hit me when I was singing this one day there as I realised that this was the di summer I wasn't up north with my grandma like I was last year and the year before that. I left that job a few weeks later I now work sanitation at a casino I get decent pay and great insurance but it's not what I want to do. I want to sing and act for people I want to be on stage or the big screen

@supermansdaddy7019 Жыл бұрын

Always try to sneak in time for your passion. It's easier said than done, and it'll take time and luck.

@EFJoKeR 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love this tune... It's soo emotional... Thank you sir, for making this...

@stardustsurfer2939 2 жыл бұрын

Love every second of this

@MatsJPB 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I've listened to it six times back to back now. It's the bonus verse that elevates it!

@trevorfranks69 2 жыл бұрын

Listening to this song every morning before i go to work lit up my spirit a little

@rondawe6297 8 ай бұрын

I am amazed a cover of Stan could be so True. Thanks buddy.

@TheOneTrueDaedelus 2 жыл бұрын

Your work is astounding.

@persianprince6213 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!!!!

@chiefjohnson2642 2 жыл бұрын

Love it bro...NZ🇳🇿✊🏽

@seanflorian4653 2 жыл бұрын

This is my favorite song by Stan and this cover sent chills down my spine, I love it. I'd love to listen to your work while I ride my bike but you don't have much of your collection on Spotify. I know Spotify payments aren't much, but if you can make it work I'd love to listen to your work on Spotify.

@m4sherman926 2 жыл бұрын

While I agree with was added to the end of the song I can’t shake the feeling that it’s putting words in the mouth of a dead man, one who I hold a lot of respect for personally.

@sethstatonwatkins 2 жыл бұрын

What I did, I did with immense respect for the man and his work, and it is my sincere hope that if he were alive, he’d respect it as well.

@workshoptelescope 2 жыл бұрын

Man, imagine if songs were just static, permanent, immutable things.

@w14141 Ай бұрын

@@sethstatonwatkinssure "immense respect" in changing the song to its opposite meaning just to spread political propaganda.

@tfthief4931 Ай бұрын

Dude what the fuck is your problem @@w14141

@neilmarsh1904 2 жыл бұрын

Well done, Seth! Well done indeed.

@ZombieGrandpa 8 ай бұрын

Amen brother, amen.

@WojciechP915 6 ай бұрын

Worked in heavy industry my whole life and feel like I'm forty at twenty five and this song hits home.

@Mikesman1000 Жыл бұрын

Damn, those worker songs hit hard, thank you.

@rebekahthomas9994 2 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy you did a full version!

@tora0neko 2 жыл бұрын

Boss makes a dollar, I don't even make a dime. That's why I strike on company time

@persianprince6213 2 жыл бұрын

nice rhyme, on company time?

@persianprince6213 2 жыл бұрын

lol

@anthonygonzalez5724 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful we need more of your stuff on Spotify please

@quinncowden2711 2 жыл бұрын

Personally, I've always felt that this song has the emotions of someone who doesn't really believe their own words, like someone trying to justify a decision their heart isn't in. I feel like your last verse captured that "I should not have done that" feeling, and really lays out the meaning of the song. Good work, love to see it on spotify

@sethstatonwatkins 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed friend

@GHefly445 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, i would agree with you except for the sureness in Stan’s voice and the harsh words he uses. I feel the songs more about him retelling his life experiences and convincing young men to make something of themselves.