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If I Can't Have You

from Traveller's Moon by Adam McBride-Smith

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If I can’t have you

If I gotta be alone
Like old St. Paul
Lay me down on stones
Till the angels call
You know I seen that light
Shine from overhead
But it never leads me
To your bed
If I can’t have you
If I can’t have you
Gonna make do with someone else instead

Well some have eaten bitter weeds
With the wolves and sparrows
Some fell to the flames
And some to flights of arrows
But don’t that wall look high, babe
And ain’t that fire red?
And if I can’t have you
If I can’t have you
Gotta make do with someone else instead

I know a fool ain’t nothing but a faithful man
Who ended up on the wrong side of the truth
Well I’m down on my knees in the rocks and reeds
Just praying for a little bit of living proof

Well I ain’t no saint
But this much I know
That we love them best
Who drag us down most low
And when the shame it burns
‘Round your head
Gotta turn your cheek
Like the good book said
If I can’t hurt you
If I can’t hurt you
Gotta take it out on someone else instead

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from Traveller's Moon, released April 20, 2012

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Adam McBride-Smith Portland, Oregon

Adam McBride-Smith grew up in Oklahoma, but has called many places home since then. His first album, "Good and Gone" was released in 2007. Adam's 2nd album, "Traveller's Moon", was recorded with the help of the War Eagles (backing band for Langhorne Slim) along with fiddler Abe Streep and singer Marisa Frantz. It was released in 2012 on Wild Honey Records. Adam lives in Portland, OR. ... more

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