Death Valley Highway

5 weeks ago by @tcelliott

Liner Notes

#songfight #acousticonetake

I started this one way back on 17 July for songfight live but got stuck and was unable to make much progress until I returned home from Denver. I then promptly wrote down some more ideas and forgot about it until today. Turns out those ideas worked fine and all I had to do was add the bridge music and melody to 'get 'er done!' Turns out that going through your half finished ideas sometimes turns out okay.

Lyrics

I looked long and hard for a place to be
Somewhere that would welcome a fool like me
And I don't claim that I can understand
If there's a god or if he has a plan

The long road's been a calling
I'm wandering through the pain
Searching for the sacred
Ending up with the profane
I'd ask for forgiveness
But I've got no time to pray
Death valley highway

Heavy leaden clouds that crush the light
Make every single day seem just like night
I can taste the dust, the dirt and grit
Getting pretty tired of always feeling like shit

The long road's been a calling
I'm wandering through the pain
Searching for the sacred
Ending up with the profane
I'd ask for forgiveness
But I've got no time to pray
Death valley highway

Through the valley of the shadow of death I drive
Sometimes I wonder why I'm still alive
When you're stranded at the bottom it's a long way to the top

The long road's been a calling
I'm wandering through the pain
Searching for the sacred
Ending up with the profane
I'd ask for forgiveness
But I've got no time to pray
Death valley highway

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