The Civil Wars
The Civil Wars were an American musical duo composed of singer-songwriters … Read Full Bio ↴The Civil Wars were an American musical duo composed of singer-songwriters Joy Williams and John Paul White. After releasing a live-performance album and a four-song EP, their full-length album Barton Hollow was released in 2011. The band won the Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance and Best Folk Album in 2012.

Williams and White met in 2008, during a song-writing session or "writing camp" at a music studio in Nashville, Tennessee. According to Williams, the idea for the band's name came as she "was driving around town looking at all the Civil War monuments." Their first recording was of a 2009 performance at Eddie's Attic in Georgia which they released as a free Internet download called Live at Eddie's Attic. Later that year, they released a digital extended-play album, called Poison & Wine, produced by Charlie Peacock, and the title song appeared on the TV show Grey's Anatomy.

In 2011, The Civil Wars released the album Barton Hollow; which reached No. 12 on the Billboard 200 chart, No. 54 on the UK Albums Chart and received Grammy nominations in the Best Folk Album and Best Country Duo/Group Performance categories. The album was included on several critics' Best Albums of 2011 lists, including NPR Music, Paste, Time, Associated Press, AllMusic.com The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly and USA Today. They released the singles "Tracks in the Snow" and "Safe & Sound".

In 2012, The Civil Wars partnered with T-Bone Burnett on the film score for the documentary A Place At The Table (previously known as Finding North) and collaborated on the song "Lily Love" with The Chieftains. They released a 7" vinyl album with cover versions of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" and Portishead's "Sour Times" in April. The duo was featured in American Way magazine, USA Today, on the cover of Billboard, and released a photo book called To Whom It May Concern.

In November 2012, the duo went on hiatus, citing "internal discord and irreconcilable differences of ambition". In August 2014, The Civil Wars announced an official break-up through press release.
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The Civil Wars Lyrics


20 Years There's a note underneath your front door That I wrote twent…
Barton Hollow I'm a dead man walking here But that's the least of…
Between The Bars Drink up baby Stay up all night The things you could do Y…
Billie Jean She was more like a beauty queen from a movie…
Birds of a Feather Where she walks, no flowers bloom He's the one I see…
C Swan dive down eleven stories high Hold your breath until y…
C'est la Mort Swan dive down eleven stories high Hold your breath until yo…
D'Arline D'Arline, hope this finds you well There's so much I'm dying…
Dance Me to the End of Love Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me…
DArline D'Arline, hope this finds you well There's so much I'm dying…
Devil Oh Lord, Oh Lord, what have I done? I've fallen in…
Disarm Disarm you with a smile And cut you like you want…
Dust to Dust It's not your eyes It's not what you say It's not your…



Eavesdrop I don't want to talk right now I just want your…
Falling Haven't you seen me sleepwalking 'cause I've been holding yo…
Forget Me Not I've been awaiting for you And you've been awaiting for me T…
From This Valley Oh the desert dreams of a river That will run down…
Girl with the Red Balloon There's a pub on the south side of town Time stands…
Go Why do you keep looking out the window Is it…
Goodbye Girl You forgot your grandmother’s scarf As you walked away that…
I I had me a girl Who taught me those things A young…
I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day I Heard the Bells…
I Want You Back When I had you to myself I didn't want you around Those…
I've Got This Friend I've got this friend I don't think you know him He's not…
If I Didn't Know Better If I didn't know better I'd hang my hat right there If…
i’ve got this friend I've got this friend I don't think you know him He's not…
Kingdom Come Run, run, run away Buy yourself another day A cold wind's wh…
Marionette You put the words in my mouth You are the one…
My Father I hear something hanging on the wind I see black smoke…
No Ordinary Love I gave you all the love I got Gave you more…
Oh Henry Oh the grass is green Everywhere but under me Or so it…
Poison You only know what I want you to I know everything…
Pressing Flowers Meet me in the garden where the weeds grow tall…
Sacred Heart Quand je marche dans la rue La rue vers le Sacré-Cœur Je…
Same Old Same Old I wanna leave you I wanna lose us I wanna give up But…
Sour Times To pretend no one can find The fallacies of morning rose F…
Talking In Your Sleep When you close your eyes and you fall asleep And it's…
Tell Mama You thought you'd found, found a good girl One to love…
The One That Got Away I never meant to get us in this deep I never…
Tip of My Tongue You're a red string tied to my finger A little love…
To Whom It May Concern Why are you so far from me? In my arms is…
Tracks in the Snow Whoa, I hear the quiet now Of paper airplanes falling down …
You Are My Sunshine You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy…


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