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Derecho

from My Gasoline Heart by Fred Oakman

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lyrics

Derecho - Lyrics

Well it seems as I’ve been turned to in such a terrible twist of fate.
To live my life a hatchet man in so many awful ways.
This campground its been lived in and these people need to eat.
So trust me it’s not personal I’m just trying to make ends meet.

So with one boot in the stirrup, and one spur on the horse.
You’d think by now she’d need no help in keeping on the course.

But its never been a life that I’ve been proud of.
Some have found a way to do it dry.
In five days I’ll be measuring gunpowder.
And my blistered hands won’t even have to try.

All the cities that I run through, all the people that I meet.
Tend to greet me with a concern they don’t know that I can see.
Despite all you have heard, rough living sets you free.
Trust my gut more than my vision, acquired survival instinct.

And the stars I’m sleeping under aren’t as endless as they say.
The dirt cradles my filthy hair in all but a sweet way.

But its never been a life that I’ve been proud of.
Some have found a way to drink it dry.
In a few nights I’ll be checking that gunpowder.
And these lonely eyes won’t know enough to cry.

Guess redemption don’t come easy when you’re left staining all alone.
And all those heartless acts I’ve done have left my heart so Goddamn cold.
The truth was what I sought, I saw some really ugly things.
Any war I’d ever wagered never solved a Goddamn thing.

With one foot six foot under and the other in a hearse.
You’d think by now I’d learned enough to seal away this curse.

But its never been a life that I’ve been proud of.
I never found a way to do it dry.
Last night I saw some flashes saw gunpowder.
And I didn’t get to choose the way I’d die.

Because I shut out anyone that meant a damn thing.
Snuffed out any flame that held a chance.
Made my peace the moment that I said I loved you.
And did my best to keep us safe from them.

No it’s never been a life that I’ve been proud of.
Knowing now I won’t survive the night.
You were lonesome full of heartache those last hours.
Not knowing how truly hard I tried.

I was caught up in my own sense of the right way.

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from My Gasoline Heart, released October 25, 2019
Fred Oakman - vocals, guitar
Troy Messerall - steel guitar
Jacob Peters - bass
Nate Kuhn - drums

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"...you either get busy dying or keep busy trying."

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