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The Devil
05:05
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She said, boy I barely know you
Well girl I think I know you better than yourself
She said, I heard you were a bad man
Don't you listen to the stories find out for yourself and take my hand
Broke her heart, smashed it into little pieces
Fixed it right up then I broke it again
Wrote a love song, sang it looking her in the eyes
Sang it for another and well she was as good as mine
You could call me a bad man
Hell you could call me The Devil
May be that's who I am
I'm not sure who I am
Or you could call me by my name
Been a long time but I can remember
I had the key to the pearly gates of heaven
Oh I was going to heaven
In catholic school they teach you right from wrong
be kind, don't act like some prodigal son
Where did that love go, my caring heart
when did I audition to play Don Draper's part
You could call me a mad man
Hell you could call me The Devil
May be that's who I am
Sure feels like who I am
Or you could call me by my name
Been a long time but I can remember
I had the key to the pearly gates of heaven
Oh I was going to heaven
Hold me tight, I will be by your side tonight
Love me like you will forever
Cause in the morning I'll be gone
knew I wouldn't stay all along
Tricked you into thinking I was better
Oh you still think I'm better...
You should call me a bad man
Call me The Devil
That is who I am
Damn sure that's who I am
Don't you call me by my name
Been such a long time I can't remember
Lost that key, to the pearly gates of heaven
Oh I was going to heaven...
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2. |
My Friend (Better Days)
03:48
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When will it end?
Whatever's bringing you down
If I could see the way out I would show you.
When will it break through?
That sun that used to shine
If I could change your sky well I would turn it blue.
Better days, seems they won't come your way
You'd try but you can't stop yourself from falling
Lost your way, trying to find any way, to make it through today
My friend, you've seen better days
You turned to drinking, to stop all of your thinking
I wish I could but I can't blame you.
Do you remember, we were growing up together
Before making it through meant needing a few.
Better days, seems they won't come your way
You'd try but you can't stop yourself from falling
Lost your way, trying to find any way, to make it through today
My friend, you've seen better days
Not sure how much you can take
how much longer can it go on like this
Tired eyes, one too many late nights
You can't help yourself, you can't put it down
Oh no you can't put it down
Well oh my friend
You have seen better days
My friend, you've seen better days
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Oh, Montreal
03:48
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I've got a full tank of the good stuff
Keep the pedal heavy on my mind
I've got a due lack of good sleep
Keep my eyes open this wide
Oh Montreal, take my breath away
Oh Montreal, remind my heart just how to race
I've got a hand full of gold coins
Take the money for my mouth
I've gotta do right of the gold son
Keep my speed 89 south
Oh Montreal, made the trip but I can't stay
Oh Montreal...
And the road dead straight it can't run true
The river so wide I jump my youth
The wheel held tight, the miles I got home
Gas running low, fire in my head
Am I just alone? Had my wits end?
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Out of My Mind
04:29
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Swore I saw you
my chest beating hard it was too good to be true
Called out your name
She didn't turn to smile, didn't even give me a wave
Well it never occured to me
Why you would be hundreds of miles from your home town
And you just happened to end up in mine
Hope has a funny way of showing itself
Was sure I was now it's hard to tell
I guess I might just not be
Close my eyes can't even sneak in a thought
Without seeing your face knowing I missed my shot
Get out of my mind, I need to go on with my life
Oh I need to get over you, have got to get over you
Get out of my mind
Well I had the sweetest dream last night
Everything between us had turned out right
You left him, I had my chance
In your white dress, my tuxedo we danced
The sun through the blinds, reality I had come to find
I was lying alone, same as when I lay down my head
Hope has a funny way of showing itself
Was sure I was now it's hard to tell
I guess I might just not be
Close my eyes can't even sneak in a thought
Without seeing your face knowing I missed my shot
Get out of my mind, I need to go on with my life
Oh I need to get over you, have got to get over you
Get out of my mind
Well it's one thing to fall in love, and then it falls apart
But how can I forget you, when there was never even a start
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Bets
04:07
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The fall in time, guess I deserved that
Your place in line, best I held that
The tape rewind
Should I, be placing my bets
Throwing in the whole damn thing
Should I be placing my bets
On it lasting, the whole damn thing
The fault all mine, to sit through a movie
Your hand in mine, the liquor right to my head
The screen held divine
Should I, be placing my bets
When I've thrown in the whole damn thing
Should I be placing my bets
It'll ever last, the whole damn thing
You don't know the way it is
To have you like this
The couple years I ready gave
You don't know the way it is
To have me like this
The hell I'm known to raise
All the hell, all the hell, all the hell I'm known to raise
All the hell, all the hell, all the hell I'm known to raise
You don't know the way it is
You don't know the way it is, to have me like this.
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Raised
04:10
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Called me out a traitor, when I just threw up my white flag...
I've been fighting all your battles, far too long
And I'm thinking that's wrong
That's not the way I was raised
Told me I'd lived a sinner, when I just put words in a song...
This is me telling Peter
There's no right and there's no wrong
We all turn red
This is how I was raised
I'm not just gonna hang around
To pick you up all the ways put down
When I'm already plenty down myself
And my, my crosses aren't to share
My history to bear
Seen a bit more sunshine than you
There's nothing about that I can do
Nothing left in me to give to you
Lost on my own, found my muse
On my knees back in us
Broken right where I'd left her
In the words I didn't say
Reasons I never gave
This is how I was raised
The memories in vain
Love I had bargained away
From my past I run in place
Eyeing down those pearly gates
That's it.
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Luke McCartin Massachusetts
Luke McCartin is a singer/songwriter from Cape Cod now based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. His writing is honest and his sound is influenced by artists such as Neil Young, Pinegrove and Phoebe Bridgers, to name a few. He likes long walks by mountain streams and drop D tuning. ... more
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