Cat Power

Released: March 21, 2000

Songwriter: Bob Dylan

Producer: Cat Power

The trail is dark and dusty
The road is kinda rough
But the road up yonder
With the cinders on the side

Trails of trouble
And your roads of battle
And your paths of victory
We shall walk

I walked out to the valley
And turned my head up high
Seen that silver linin'
It was hangin' in the sky

Trails of troubles
And your roads of battles
In the paths of victory
We shall walk

The mountain was a-movin'
The hummin' of its wheels
Told me of the new day
It was coming across the fields

Trails of troubles
And roads of battles
They lead paths of victory
We shall walk

The gravel road is bumpy
It's a hard old road to ride
But the good road is waitin'
And boys, it ain't far off

Trails of trouble
And your roads of battle
They lead paths of victory
We shall walk

Moody ruminations on the fragile nature of life can be a tough sell, especially when they’re flecked with haunting moans and screams. But from the mid-1990s on, Chan Marshall has proven herself a singer and songwriter who can really get under your skin. Working under the name Cat Power, she’s earned a devoted, steadily growing fanbase that’s followed her from humble avant-folk beginnings. As much about atmosphere as they are melody, her records have also become successively richer in sound, soul and scope.

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