Lyrics
All lyrics by SLM ©Swampy Blue Publishing (BMI)
Revelation Road
Thought they had it on me
But the truth it lay upon me
Like the Mississippi River runs deeper on the coast
I don’t know what happened
I was acting on my passion
Wearing latest fashions I wandered in the cold
Then it came upon me in a midnight dream
Like honey offers gold
Like a gambler I can’t hide my debts like a sinner as a soul
Parden me if I forget what I’ve already been told
You can’t hold that against me man
I’m on Revelation Road
Fire and brimstone pave the way
Hold hands together everyday
Nothing left to do but pray and put your head in the sand
Sinners and the preachers at each other’s throats
Which one is the bad news man
Which one clatters most
Screaming turns to salt and dust
Volume is not heard
Bible beaters rest your fists
Haters rest your ire
You’re both too young to know you’re mute
Unconscious to the choir
But I can’t hold that against you man
You’re on Revelation Road
Grab your little passbooks
A ticket gets you in
One Hail Mary does the trick forgived of all your sins
And when the show is over
You’re where you started from
Collecting all the barbs you threw piled up to be disposed
Judgement comes and never tires
Forgotten is the code
Doing unto others is a farce, a laugh, a joke
Remember when the black veil falls
We all stand alone
Barefeet on the gravel man
We’re on Revelation Road
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I’ll Hold Your Head
4 bald tires on an old Impala
17 degrees South Alabama
Mama needs money and we’re late for school
Picking out the parts of a Bob Wills tune
I got a scrambled egg sandwich and a Folger’s can
Daddy says he’ll never work for the man
I’ll hold your head
I’ll ease your mind
Let me sing you a lullaby sit here by the fire
Tomorrow’s Sunday
Come and rest your soul
Let me be your good book
Story’s all been told
I’ll Hold Your Head
Lord the world’s gone crazy can’t save your sin
He shouldn’t be driving in the shape he’s in
Icy cold water in the Santa Bogue
I hear a Ford pickup on the old dirt road
Mammy’s down the hill hulling peas in a pan
Dandy’s got a bucket and a hoe in his hand
I’ll hold your head
I’ll ease your mind
Let me sing you a lullaby sit here by the fire
Tomorrow’s Sunday
Come and rest your soul
Let me be your good book
Story’s all been told
I’ll Hold Your Head
It ain’t fair for a youngun’ all this hurtin’
Battlin’ the blues and the beer and the bourbon
Come on Sissy let’s close the door
Don’t want to hear the noise no more
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Even Angels
You went and did it, big time
You let your heart get in the way what a crime
You are so innocent can’t tell a lie
But you know
Even Angels fall down sometime
You’re like a little bird on a wire
Hanging on to earth spinning wild
But hurt cut you loose and you fell into the fire
You know
Even angels fall down sometime
Your lovely wings flew straight into a cloud
The weather changed and brought you to the ground
They’re in need of repair and some tender love and care
True love waits for you up there
Ooh it’s a miracle that you survived
When you put your soul out there like a lion
You wear a tender sword close by your side
But you know
Even angels fall down sometime
Even angels fall down sometime
But you know
Even angels fall down sometime
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Lead Me Love
I’ll be courageous this time
Won’t turn to stone
I’ll give a deeper love, than you have known.
I will trust my heart to pound
When lust is the only sound
Lead Me Love
Lost as a vessel adrift
Like losing a friend
I’ll brave the oceans tide
Again and again
Won’t let my fear decide
My compass right by my side
Lead Me Love
Ain’t no sin in being true to love
I can’t wait to be a Fool for love
I’ll have a banquet dove
Warmed by the sun
When forever shows it’s face
Then we’ll be one
The message is clear, only when you appear
Lead Me Love
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The Thief
Cold on a Friday afternoon
You’re on the other side of the room.
Even with the fire going strong
It’s chilly when I think about us
Living all alone
If I thought a million bucks
Could make you want to just stand up
And walk into my love like before.
I’d rob a rich mans diamond mine
And make you be my valentine
Say the word and I’ll be come
A thief
Voice in the wind sings through the trees
Reminds me of the nights together, you and me
As we sit parted listening to the wind
I think of you and hope you’ll want me
Once again
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Woebegone
Woebegone, Woebegone
Lord I’ve suffered way too long.
Lord I’ve suffered way too long.
Did I cause me all this pain
Should I have left things alone
Do I pay for my mistakes
Do I see me like before
Should have seen it coming
Crystal Ball says it all
When I wake up to see me crying
Woebegone, Woebegone
I should drive off of the road
I’m in a war I cannot win
I can’t explain the worth of cryin’
I thought I had thicker skin
Should have seen it coming
Crystal ball say it all
When I wake up to see me crying
Woebegone, woebegone,
Woebegone
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I Want To Go Back
Sometimes things don’t work out like we plan
We had it all in the palm of our hands
Was it the unknown fears or the river of tears
I just know it’s bittersweet
And all those feelings came over me
I just can’t conceive
Why I’d want to return
But I want to go back so I can run away again
Oh why does it feel so right to hurt so long
Is it just what I’m used to
Does my heart need these scars to keep me alive
Oh and every time I pick up my guitar
Aw the sweet chord and memory
I just add to the collection of my broken dreams
And I want to go back so I can run away again.
It’s holding me back I’m stuck in my tracks
I can’t let go of holding onto the hurting
Aw It’s a sin you see it’s killing me
I’m tired of running put me out of the misery
Singing don’t always suit my every need
Aw it’s a necessity.
So I won’t fall to pieces in my empty room
Aww this lonely room,
Where I keep my lessons hidden
They’re supposed to be forgotten
I go there way too often
I want to go back so I can run away again.
Oh I want to go back so I can run away again
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I Don’t Need A Reason
I don’t need a reason to cry
About that time again, again midnight
Don’t know why it’s broke
I guess that’s all she wrote
My heart just told me now’s the time to frown
The sky didn’t offer thunderstorms last night
The sun came out and spring appeared outside
The mailman brought my mail
Surprise to lift my sails
Now I’m wondering how to stay alive
I’m getting used to feeling down and out
I’m supposed to be a sorrow soul somehow
It ain’t so bad being low
Just a sorrow so and so
Just a hint of gray can shake me down
Maybe I’m just better off alone
Nobody wants to make a cave a home
I got misery to share
With anyone who cares
I even got a tear or two to spare
No I don’t need a reason to cry
I don’t need a reason to cry
No I don’t need a reason to cry
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Toss It All Aside
We laughed till sunrise,
we stayed up until dawn.
Scared of missing each other
Hardly slept at all.
I remember your feelings
Matching up with mine
Loving on your body
Loving you love mine
But now you’ve left me now you’ve gone
Now I gotta Toss It All Aside
Words we once believed in
I don’t know them at all
Words and pretty letters
Bring no comfort at all
If I could reminisce
And recall your happiness
If I could put behind me
All of my regretfullness
But now you’ve left me
Now you’ve gone
Now I gotta Toss It All Aside
Those dishes in the sink I can hardly think
It’s like you’re almost standing there
My heart is full of holes and I can’t find my clothes
And my mind is feeling faint it tells no lies.
My soul is crying time to close the door
Can’t face the morning the sun don’t rise anymore
That cannon in the closet calls me over there
Begging me to use it and dispose of my dispair
Cause now you’ve left me
Now you’ve gone
Now I gotta Toss It All Aside
Cause now you’ve left me
Now you’ve gone
Now I gotta Toss It All Aside
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Heaven’s Only Days Down The Road
There will come a day when they gather and stand around
Revel in the glory and my body in the ground
There will be disciples and a shroud that covers me
I won’t be afraid cause my soul has been set free.
100 so miles from the Mobile River
Lord I can’t have her so I got to kill her
Heaven’s Only Days down the road
Liquor store down on the county line
Don’t want all the land but what’s next to mine
Heaven’s only days down the road
Been insane since I was 9
Never was the cryin’ but the fightin’ kind
Oh yeah
Load up the gun full of regret
I ain’t even pulled the trigger yet
Oh yeah
Lost all the faith a man can own
My hopes are empty and so is my soul
Heaven’s only days down the road
Look at my fate in the paper now
I want to put her back but I don’t know how
Heaven’s only days down the road
Nobody wants me down there no more
Look at what I did to make then hate me for
Oh yeah
Can’t blame the whiskey or my Mammy’s ways
2 little girls are better off this way
Oh yeah.
Heaven’s only days down the road
Oh heaven’s only days down the road.
Down the road. Down the road.
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I Won’t Leave You
Come in out of the rain
It’s morning again
I understand
Hope you need me when you’re well
What the Hell
I won’t leave you.
You are like a child
Little child
For a while
You will love me then you’ll go
Down the road
I won’t leave you.
Oh I, can see the time
Has come for you to cry.
Oh my, can’t say goodbye
Loving you’s the reason.
Sleep now rest your pain
Sleep again
When you play
In your dreams safe to see
It’s your time we got time
I won’t leave you.
I won’t leave you.
