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Listen & Lyrics: Ian Munsick ‘Long Haul’

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Ian Munsick made his Warner Music Nashville debut with “Long Haul.”

The singer/songwriter released the single accompanied by a music video on Friday (September 18). Ian wrote the track alongside Jamie Kenney and Dave Villa.

“When I close my eyes and let my ears take over, I’m right back to the sacred piece of Earth I grew up on…. coyotes, mountains, canyons, cottonwoods, rivers and the sagebrush sea. True love’s journey is as rugged as the Rockies, but that’s exactly what makes it a trip worth taking. It ain’t a one day ride, it’s a long haul.”

Watch the music video, below.

All About Ian Munsick

Breathing fresh Rocky Mountain air into the Nashville music scene, Ian Munsick is pioneering a new brand of country. The Wyoming-born singer/songwriter’s upbringing was a mix of working the ranch and working crowds. Under the tutelage of their fiddle-playing father, Ian and his two older brothers grew up playing everything from bluegrass to The Beatles. Incorporating elements across genres, he has now begun to establish himself as a progressive artist with an old soul. Captivated by traditional lyrical truth and the modern soundscape, Ian followed his ear to Music City. In 2017 he released a self-titled EP, winning iHeartRadio’s Rocky Mountain Song of the Year for the rootsy “Horses Are Faster” and becoming the only artist who simultaneously qualified two tracks as finalists in the NSAI/CMT songwriting competition. Equipped with a full ready-for-release collection of songs, the 27-year-old signed his first major-label deal earlier this year with Warner Music Nashville. His upcoming debut album Coyote Cry features his mile-high tenor underscoring self-penned songs that conjure equal parts epic adventure and down-to-earth wisdom. The record marks the dawn of western pop-laced country, pulling a thread straight from Chris LeDoux through Post Malone. Ian’s first WMN release debuted September 18 on CMT and with it, the western country was reborn.

‘Long Haul’ Lyrics

I don’t ever look back 

No you never gotta 

Worry ’bout things like that 

So don’t think twice because

I ain’t afraid of the slow burn 

And one thing’s for sure

It’s good to make a good thing last 

 

So girl don’t worry 

This boy ain’t gonna run

There ain’t no hurry 

We got plenty of days left under the sun

 

No it ain’t a one-day ride 

It’s up through the mountains where the coyotes cry

Down through the canyon where the wild things hide 

And the cottonwoods fall 

Feel the river underneath our feet

We’ll be drowning in a sagebrush sea 

Long as I know that it’s you and me

Time don’t matter at all

Girl I’m in it for the long haul 

I’m in it for the long haul

 

Take a hold of my hand

I’m gonna love you 

Slow like the hourglass sand

God knows I’ve spent a lifetime

Of lonely wanderin’

But I’m all in for good  

I wanna be your man

 

So girl don’t worry 

This boy ain’t gonna run

There ain’t no hurry 

We got plenty of days left under the sun

 

No it ain’t a one-day ride 

It’s up through the mountains where the coyotes cry

Down through the canyon where the wild things hide 

And the cottonwoods fall 

Feel the river underneath our feet

We’ll be drowning in a sagebrush sea 

Long as I know that it’s you and me

Time don’t matter at all

Girl I’m in it for the long haul 

I’m in it for the long haul

 

Girl I’m in it till the end

Forever and again 

I’m in it for the long haul 

 

I don’t ever look back 

No you never gotta 

Worry ’bout things like that

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