Jay Buchanan - True Black

Song of the Day

Minnesota Public Radio

Music, Music Commentary

4.5 • 605 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2026

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Today’s Song of the Day is “True Black” from Jay Buchanan’s album Weapons of Beauty, out now.

Transcript

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0:00.0	As I walk side by side with a wicked and righteous,
0:07.0	I wonder to which one of them out to rule leave a law.
0:13.0	I have tread the narrow pet, and I have stumbled through the darkness,
0:19.0	and the right I've done by many is all for those that I've stumbled through the darkness And the right I've done by many
0:21.6	It's all for those that I've done wrong Paint my casket true blame
0:43.3	And with all I might have cost you
0:46.3	I hope to earn it back
0:49.3	Sureah, sureah, sureah, sure sure, sure, sure.
0:56.0	And with all I might have cost you, I hope to make it right.
1:03.0	I have listened many a year to the greatest I have known. Truth, true, other many voices greatest I have known truth,
1:11.6	true of many voices that I have ever heard.
1:16.6	So child give me your ear,
1:19.6	and between them I'm gonna sow
1:23.6	a crop of plenty that will fruit with every stolen word
1:29.3	Paint my casket true blame
1:47.0	And for all I might have told you, I know you've told me back
1:53.0	Shura, sure, sure, sure, sure,
1:57.0	Shura, Shura, Shura, Shura, Shura, And with all I might have cost you
2:03.0	I hope to make it right
2:06.0	I'm I'm I'm
2:18.3	I'm
2:19.3	I'm
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