Steve Earle – Rake (Guitar)

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I used to wake and run with the moon

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I lived like a rake and a young man

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I covered my lovers with flowers and wounds

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My laughter, the devil would frighten

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The sun, it'd come up and beat me back down

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But every cruel day had its nightfall

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I'd welcome the stars with wine and guitars

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Full of fire and forgetful

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Well, my body was sharp, the dark air clean

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And outrage my joyful companion

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And whispering women, how sweet they did seem

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Kneeling for me to command them

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And time was like water, but I was the sea

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And I'd never noticed it passing

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Except for the turning of night into day

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And the turning of day into cursing

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You look at me now and don't think I don't know

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What all of your eyes are saying

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So he wants us to believe these ravings and lies

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Just tricks that his brains been a-playing

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A lover of women, he can't hardly stand

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He trembles, he's bent, and he's broken

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Well, I've fallen, it's true, but I say unto you

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Hold your tongues until after I've spoken

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I was taking my pride in the pleasures I'd known

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I laughed and thought I'd be forgiven

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But my laughter turned round, eyes blazing, and said

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"My friend, we're holding a wedding"

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I buried my face, but it spoke once again

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It's the night to the day that we're binding

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And now the dark air is like fire on my skin

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And even the moonlight is blinding