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Always, All Ways

by Cassandra Lewis

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1.
Darlin' 05:20
Darlin I love you Darlin I do And Darlin I need you It’s true But I’m just a human And you’re a human too If we meet in the middle We’ll try something new But I’m so tired of loving you I feel like a child Runnin barefoot for miles And I can’t feel it, The pain till I’m cryin Oooh Darlin I hate you Darlin you know I do But darlin I need you It’s true But I’m so tired of holding you! Honey, I feel like a child Runnin barefoot for miles And miles, and miles And I can’t feel it, The pain till I’m cryin’ Oooh Oh and I feel like a boat Tryin to cross your mote Honey, but I’m drowning It’s too many holes in the bottom Darlin I can’t float Oooh Oh Oh Oh Darlin I love you Darlin you know that I do Darlin I need you Darlin I want you Darlin I need you Darlin I want you Darlin I hate you It’s true True
2.
Don’t Get Any Ideas Bout her soft lips, Bout her sweet kiss Honey, there’s a reason why You cannot say goodbye But Darlin’, don’t get no Ideas Don’t Get Any Ideas Bout her brown eyes Bout her long sighs Know there’s a reason why You cannot say goodbye But darlin’, don’t get no ideas Chorus Don’t Get Any Ideas Her parents won’t understand Don’t Get Any Ideas Don’t even reach for her hand Well she may turn away from you Never more your best friend So don’t get any ideas Oh do your best, to just pretend Chorus Don’t Get Any Ideas Her parents won’t understand Don’t Get Any Ideas Don’t even reach for her hand Well she may turn away from you Never more your best friend So don’t get any ideas Oh do your best Don’t get any ideas Oh do your best Honey, Don’t get any ideas Do your best to just, pretend
3.
The Game 04:53
The beast in me is angry now I’m cryin out but there’s no one around And everyone keeps lookin down They’re cryin out, but they don’t make a sound And, I won’t let them Choosin’ love or money Cuz I can’t have both The world is funny Oh but I call it home And I’ve been workin hard Shovelin’ shit for change but Everybody’s playin’ the game I won’t let them win I don’t know why It’s so damn hard Just to make a dollar You know it feels so wrong We are treated like cattle And we’re kicked like a goddamned mule but Everybody’s playin’ the fool And I won’t let them I won’t let them win No I won’t let them I won’t let them Take me down, oh no I won’t let them win Interlude Oh, and don’t you believe me Honey, when I say It ain’t easy To make the grade We are living with illusions Of grandeur and fame, but Everybody’s playin’ the game Oh honey and I won’t let them win Oh I won’t let them win No no no I won't let them Take me down, Oh no I won't let them Break me down, oh no I won’t let them I won’t let them win
4.
Mother said when I was young Someday I’m gonna find someone But they never come So I searched long and I travelled far Beyond the moon honey and past the stars To find out where you are Dreams have changed along the way But I knew Oh honey I knew That I’d find you I’d find you I’d find you someday But right now I’m flyin high My head is in the clouds and And when I hear that sound Boy love comin’ around Said I ain’t got time Ain’t got time today for your love But right now I’m flyin high Head is in the clouds And when I hear that sound Honey your love comin’ around No I ain’t got time today I ain’t got time today I ain’t got time today Oooh no no no Oooh no no no (Then I just wail for about 2 minutes so feel free to have a full meltdown on stage!) Baby I ain't got time Baby I ain't got time Said said said I ain't got time for you baby Ain't got time Ain't got Ain't got time Ain't got time Ain't got Ain't got time
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6.
Loving you always, all ways Feeling you always, but you’re never the same... And you never will change And you never will stay, Oh no no, I’m missing, kissing you... Shocking my system, electrical veins. Whenever you’re near me, honey, you set me to flames. And you’re never the same, oh you never will change. I’m losing, choosing you. Youuuu Scat solo I’m, missing kissing, Losing choosing You.
7.
Lost Cause 04:53
Just ‘cuz I’m lost, don’t mean that I’m a lost cause Just ‘cuz I’m lost, don’t mean that I’m a lost cause And I’ll take my time, finding myself Just ‘cuz I’m lost don’t mean I ain’t comin’ back Again, and again. Again and again and again and aahhhh Well, I knock back my pride with a bottle of wine I take one drop and I go straight to the top... And I’ll take my time, oh honey you blowin’ my mind. You know that just cause I’m high don’t mean I ain’t comin’ down Again, and again Again and again and again and again Again, and again Honey again and again and again and ahh yea Again, and again. Again and again and again and again Again, and again. Again and again and again and ahh yea When withering inside this weathering skin, Well I get content, so I get out to get in. And I’ll take my time, oh honey, you losin’ my mind You know just cause I’m bound, don’t mean I ain’t free to go Again, and again Again and again and again and again Again, and again Honey again and again and again and ahh yea Again, and again Again and again and again and again Again, and again Honey again and again and again and ahh yea
8.
Beautiful 04:44
When I was a little girl nobody told me life would be this hard Oh No But I kept travelin' down the road, my dreams they seemed so very very far Uh huh. And it's so easy to give up And It's so easy to give in And It's so easy to believe your cup is empty Uh huh When I was a little girl my momma said that life would be just beautiful, But when I was just 5 years old my daddy left us cryin' in the hall uh huh. And it's so easy to give up And it's so easy to give in It's so easy to believe that you're the reason for it. Well it's a shameful situation that society should tell us how to feel They try to tell us who to marry, who to fight and how to love. It isn't real Oh no But I'm takin' back my freedom I ain't doin' what i'm told And I'm takin' back my body And I'm fighting for my soul And I'm sendin' out a message That we all deserve the same And if you are blind to all this truth Honey then you're the one's to blame When I was a little girl my momma said that life would be just beautiful, Oh and it is, Isn't it?
9.
should i stop you and… say goodbye ‘fore you turn round and make me cry i got 10,000 reasons why, hun if someone’s gonna go then i’mma gonna go first when we met i was feral and wild nothing short of a rainbow child but my blood ran from hot to mild with you well if someone’s gonna come then i’mma gonna come first you lie like my pastor you arrogant bastard yer such a disaster i’m gonna leave you… you. you lie like my pastor you elegant bastard gonna tear you off faster than a tick on a dog honey, i’m movin’ on!
10.
Please don’t murder Flowers for my hair Save em for the bees If you really truly care for me Don’t kick toadstools Just to impress me Don’t act a damn fool Just to undress me Well I don’t mind your style If you don’t mind mine Ahhh Ahhh Oooh Ahhh Please don’t carve our names into a tree They’ve seen too many broken hearts That’s why the willow weeps, Baby Baby BABYYYYY Baby Baby Babyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. (Lol) Well I won’t lose one more Arrow for the kill With miner’s greens and old fruit trees We’ll surely eat our fill In time Well honey, I don’t mind your style If you don’t mind mine Ahhh Ahhh Oooh Ahhh Well honey I don’t mind your fabulous little style If you dont If you don’t mind If you don’t mind mine!!!!

credits

released August 19, 2022

Cassandra Lewis - guitar, vocals, backing vocals
Aviva Le Fey - acoustic bass (1,4,6)
Trevor Bahnson - electric guitar
Dan Schwartz - drums
Scott Ferreter - bass (7)
David Jacobs-Strain - bass (2,3,8,10),
dobro, guitar (2,8,10), banjo, percussion
Christopher Worth - backing vocals (3,8),
acoustic guitar (3)
Graham Patzner - violin (8), piano (1),
hammond organ (2,4,7), trumpet, guitar (2)
Greg Leisz - pedal steel
JP Garau - piano (10), hammond organ (1,10)
Anna Tivel - fiddle (3)
Chris Hoog - saxophone
Solange Igoa - backing vocals (3)

All songs written, composed, and arranged by Cassandra Lewis
Produced by David Jacobs-Strain and Christopher Worth with Cassandra Lewis
Additional production by Graham Patzner
Mixed by David Jacobs-Strain at Grange in Sisters, OR
Mastered by Telegraph Audio LLC in Portland, Oregon
Basic tracks recorded by Nino Moschella at Bird & Egg Studios in Richmond, CA
Additional tracks recorded by David Jacobs-Strain and Christopher Worth at The Rhududu in Portland, OR
Album art © 2022 Matt Goff & Jaquelyn Cruz. Concept and Wardrobe by Cassandra Lewis
Layout & typography by Matt Goff. Photography © Jaquelyn Cruz for Cruz Media LLC

℗ & © 2022 Cassandra Lewis. Manufactured and distributed by Low Country Sound and Elektra Music.
Copyright exists in all Cassandra Lewis recordings. Any unauthorized broadcasting, reproduction, or
public performance will constitute infringement of such copyright.
All songs written by Cassandra Lewis © 2022 Cassandra Lewis, Cassandra Lewis Music (ASCAP)

This album is dedicated in loving memory to Sandra Jo Lewis and Sean McCabe.

Special thanks to: Jason, Jonas, and everyone who helped to bring this album
to fruition with your generosity and belief in this creation.

I want to thank my mother, Theresa, for teaching me how to pick myself up
and keep pushing through the tears and troubles this life can surely bring.
My father, Destry, for showing me how to stay wild and jump into the fire for my dreams.
My mother’s husband Mark, who took us kids on after a long stretch of pain and showed up to love us as if we were his own.
My grandfather, Larry, for showing me how to think for myself, to question everything,
and for being the backbone of our family alongside my grandmother, Sandra.
She taught me how to fight back when I was feeling bullied and also how to hold my own in a room full of men.
I want to thank my family for the many lessons that brought us closer, and sometimes on different paths.
Love and thanks to my Nana and grandpa Rick for steeping me in country wisdom, beautiful nature,
and also for helping me to learn about the complexities of relationships.
I’d like to thank all of my uncles — Brett, Lance, Eric, Kenny, Clint, Samuel, and Andrew.
You taught me to be tough and also sweet as honey.
You showed me art, power, strength, vulnerability, and self-defense.
I want to give love and thanks to my brothers and sisters, Bradley, Ashley, and Kye.
You mean the absolute world to me and I can’t wait to help
bring your art to the word as well. You are the baddest alive…
To my grandpa, Dave, who taught me about aliens, the cosmos, and making the little things count.

A gigantic thank you to my singing coach, Dee Epperson. You broke my voice open when all I wanted to do was shut it down.
You busted me out of that small-town mindset and helped me spread my wings. We will always be family.

To all of my friends who have stood by me while I figure out how to heal my heart.
The ones who trusted the process, who’ve seen my soul,
who’ve loved me for me, who’ve held me when I’m fucked up and crying,
who’ve let me run and hide and come back again as if not a
day had passed… My community means the world to me.
I will always want you by my side for the good, the bad, and the ugly…

Thank you to every fantastic player on this record. You fucking sent it.
I might be drunk in a gutter without you bringing me to life…
And lastly, I want to thank the loves of my life… You already know the ways we have written this story.

I have bloomed for each of you in my own way, and I have pressed your petals into the journal of my life.
That is the most precious place to hold…
Thank you, I’m sorry, thank you, I forgive you, forget me not, forgive me, I love you…

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Cassandra Lewis - The Foxxtones Portland, Oregon

Cassandra Lewis has been aptly described as Cosmic Americana delivering a swirl of dulcet velvet heartache, personal hell and a hot mess of truth...

Simple, strong storytelling written from the life and mind of Cass reveals intricate experiences, deep feels, wailing pain, and self actualization...
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