Wreck of Me

from Wreck of Me (single) by Adam McBride-Smith

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Wreck of Me

We used to ride that washed out road
Headed for the bright lights of town
With the red dust ghosts and the raw fence posts
Shakin’ like a born again when the spirit comes down
With the moon so bright, we’d cut the lights
Just listen to the static on the radio
Till some song burned clean or we made it alright
Down that washed out road and home
She said “it ain’t gonna make a wreck,
It ain’t gonna make a wreck
It ain’t gonna make a wreck
Out of me”

If I head out tonight till the light of day
With just a tune and a taste for something like sin
They say sometimes you have to lose
Before you turn around around and win
Well some might say that I lost my way
Got tangled in a couple bad turns
But I made it this far tailing one lost star
And I appreciate your concern
But it ain’t gonna make a wreck
It ain’t gonna make a wreck
It ain’t gonna make a wreck
Out of me

Sidewinder out of control
Broke down and left by the road

Some songs it’s true never quite make it through
They just get buried under static and snow
I said I wanted to leave her but we both knew
She was the one who had to go
And in my dreams, she always gets away clean
And slips across the borderline
Fine as dust and lit up like the night
Still free I guess, or at least not mine
But it ain’t gonna make a wreck
It ain’t gonna make a wreck
It ain’t gonna make a wreck
Out of me

Wreck of me

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from Wreck of Me (single), released November 5, 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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