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Kill the Sound Man / Save the Waitress

by T. S. Steel

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Good Love 03:30
Gimme good lovin’ Gimme fine romance I might look pretty rough on the outside, mama But please give me a chance Went down to Louisiana Left my debts and worries too But all I found down there were these Sad, Lowdown, dirty blues Got a job up in Brooklyn Way down in a factory mill If I don’t see my pay soon, babe I’m gonna find me somebody to kill Got back to Pittsburg’ Southside city streets Was robbed by the courthouse After being jailed by local police Gonna find my home soon, mama Arrive with the sun in my eyes For now I’m lost out in Kansas And the moon is on the rise And I ain’t got no witness But last nite I swear I died
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Take me to the water, Baby Take me to the shore I want it bad Couldn’t want it more To the water, Baby To that shore If you wanna lead me down I won’t fall astray But no need to lead me, Baby Honey, I’ll find my way If you wanna lead me down I won’t fall astray We can cleanse ourselves With the blood we pay Take me to the water, Baby Take me to the shore If I do right unto you Will you give me everything and more? To the water, Baby To that shore I’m a lover, Baby Not a saint But if you let me in, Honey I can reconcile your sin I’m a lover, Baby Not a saint Transition I’m gonna write it down for you then So you can understand all the shit that I’m feeling And if we don’t do what we promised to do I’ll thank God that he even blessed me to know you Reaction Now you’re finally back from the war And now you realize what this shit was for And if all these time bombs were disabled all wrong My memory’s been fuzzy for some time Been too long Take me to the water, Baby Take me to the shore If I do right unto you Will you give me the world and more? To the water, Baby To that shore
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I’ve been alone I’ve been silent in my grave I’ve been praying, Lord Been trying to get saved I’ve been telling these lies Been writing these songs But I’ve been doing more Right than wrong I can hear the roaring thunder Rising up just through them hills I’ve been hollering Hallelujah Trying to get my fill I’ll burn my gypsy skin All night and all day I’m preaching the word of God Got nothing left to say Some day Baby I’m gonna tear you right limb from limb If you can’t ever satisfy My Master Sin I think somebody’s gonna find you Lock you up And throw away the key I think somebody’s gonna teach you How to throw away all your Goddamn misery I’ve been alone I’ve been silent in my grave I’ve been praying, Lord Been trying to get saved I’ve been telling these lies Been writing these songs But I’ve been doing more Right than wrong I can hear the roaring thunder Rising up just through them trees I’ve been hollering Hallelujah Right down here Upon my knees
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I WAS A POET, YOU WERE A DANCER I’D WRITE YOU LOVE SONGS AND YOU’D SPIN AND SPIN I STOLE A ROSE FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN AND I’LL TAME ANY SERPENT YOU COME ACROSS HERE I GO, KING OF THE HIGHWAY I’M BUSTED BUT I’LL FIGURE IT OUT HERE I GO, KING OF THE HIGHWAY I’M BUSTED BUT MY WHEELS STILL TURN I WROTE A LETTER, SIGNED IT ALIAS CAUSE MY NAME YOU’LL NEVER SEE NOR HEAR YOU WERE ALL CLOAK AND DAGGER, I WAS JUST A LONESOME TRAVELER YOU WERE TRYING YOUR BEST TO CRUCIFY ME HERE I GO, KING OF THE HIGHWAY I’M BUSTED BUT I’LL FIGURE IT OUT HERE I GO, KING OF THE HIGHWAY I’M BUSTED BUT MY WHEELS STILL TURN MAYBE WHEN YOU HAVE NO DOUBT MAYBE WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE ME MAYBE WHEN YA GOT IT ALL FIGURED OUT I’LL GIVE YOU A HINT, “IT’S LIKE THE CRASHIN’ OF THE SEA” HERE I GO, KING OF THE HIGHWAY I’M BUSTED BUT I’LL FIGURE IT OUT HERE I GO, KING OF THE HIGHWAY I’M BUSTED BUT I’LL MAKE IT THRU
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She just goes right on how she please Even though I crawl on hand and knee Singing darling why’d you have to leave? Now I have this strange, strange feeling when I think of you Today was filled with dreams; I walked on down the road Tossing around some favorite tunes from that lost, sweet soul Some day I’ll remember them when I’m grey and old But now I have this strange, strange feeling when I think of you Now I have this strange, strange feeling when I think of you *She sang with high resounding flow Slender fingers traveled to and fro Heaven’s battle was silenced by the sound (2x) But by then there was no whisper, no more of singing girl’s song to be sung By then there was no whimper, no more nothing, singing girl’s song was forever done Turned around and it all fell from view Splashed cold water in my face to try and make it through Held lost luck in hand felt like it was all that I could do But now I have this strange, strange feeling when I think of you *Looked up to see a shooting star It wrapped and spun and fell apart Her face still hung there with its spark Night-time holds us all in her dark No surprises now Babe *Woke up to see a shooting star We had our fun, now it’s time to part Her face stood still, it lost its spark Night-time takes us to the dark No promises now Babe White dress someday it will all be over soon Couldn’t play your life by instinct, you just had to follow rules A quiet rose in the dark was all I could give to you Now I have this strange, strange feeling when I think of you It’s mystery, it’s passion, Honey, I can’t think of anything but you It’s misery, it’s romance, it is nothing, when I think of you Baby, it’s just this strange, strange feeling when I think you
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Drink me some of that railroad gin Gonna mix up my mind like heroine But some man down in Washington Says, "it's alright, Kid, it's FDA approved". I wanna go back to when morphine was medicine And women didn't have to lie naked on a screen When poverty was a war worth fighting And oil didn't mean a Goddam thing Now my time gets fractioned down in bus rides and smoke breaks And dignity must have a pretty lonesome looking face The lies in my eyes, they won't let me wake My body's fit but my spirit is lean I wanna sleep where the stars are a-blinding And my consciousness floats like boats on horizons Give me some of that silver lining Give me anything you know to be real
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released April 15, 2015

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T. S. Steel Cologne, Germany

Steel-toed traveler, boot stomping rambler, wordsmith sailor, heartworn highway gambler. Blues infused folk music from a cathartic gypsy soul. stories and tales, ballads, truth and illumination. The alchemist reverberation of sound into gold. With a guitar named Leona for a Philosopher's Stone. Blazing Harp crying to be heard. Give a listen. It might just move your sleeping ears and rouse the dead ... more

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