The Way Down
from Lowlife Dreams EP by Skunkmello
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Words and music by Matt Bartlett
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The Way Down
A pair of buckshot eyes
And a poorly made disguise
Made to fit the enterprise
Of living on the run
Made a couple wrong turns
And few too many burns
All the rules I never learned
Left me living by the gun
Tagged a Mississippi Blue
With an old 22
Left a couple IOUs
In the lawman's bank
Then I robbed a Ghetty
With a silver steel machete
And my hands were slow and steady
As I was filling up the tank
This ain't no matinee show
Cost another peso
I'll be on my way so I'll cash em out here
Ain't looking for a fight sir
Tried to be polite sir
But you fucking with the lights so I gotta bring the fear
And the waves they crashing on the way down
Need a little time before the heat comes back around
They crashing on the way down
Need a little time before the heat comes back around
Some say that I'm blessed
And I don't listen to the rest
So I'm cutting it out West
In a stolen Chevrolet
Got to stay ahead
Cus you know they want me dead
For the people that have bled
On the open freeway
Had to hit a liquor store
Looking for a little score
Caught some shrapnel through the door
But I got away clean
Don't like to make demands
But it's easy to command
With a pump-action hand
If you know what I mean
This ain't no matinee show
Cost another peso
I'll be on my way so I'll cash em out here
Ain't looking for a fight sir
Tried to be polite sir
But you fucking with the lights so I gotta bring the fear
And the waves they crashing on the way down
Need a little time before the heat comes back around
They crashing on the way down
Need a little time before the heat comes back around
A pair of buckshot eyes
And a poorly made disguise
Made to fit the enterprise
Of living on the run
Made a couple wrong turns
And few too many burns
All the rules I never learned
Left me living by the gun
Tagged a Mississippi Blue
With an old 22
Left a couple IOUs
In the lawman's bank
Then I robbed a Ghetty
With a silver steel machete
And my hands were slow and steady
As I was filling up the tank
This ain't no matinee show
Cost another peso
I'll be on my way so I'll cash em out here
Ain't looking for a fight sir
Tried to be polite sir
But you fucking with the lights so I gotta bring the fear
And the waves they crashing on the way down
Need a little time before the heat comes back around
They crashing on the way down
Need a little time before the heat comes back around
Some say that I'm blessed
And I don't listen to the rest
So I'm cutting it out West
In a stolen Chevrolet
Got to stay ahead
Cus you know they want me dead
For the people that have bled
On the open freeway
Had to hit a liquor store
Looking for a little score
Caught some shrapnel through the door
But I got away clean
Don't like to make demands
But it's easy to command
With a pump-action hand
If you know what I mean
This ain't no matinee show
Cost another peso
I'll be on my way so I'll cash em out here
Ain't looking for a fight sir
Tried to be polite sir
But you fucking with the lights so I gotta bring the fear
And the waves they crashing on the way down
Need a little time before the heat comes back around
They crashing on the way down
Need a little time before the heat comes back around
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from Lowlife Dreams EP,
released June 15, 2013
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Skunkmello New York, New York
Sewer blues and gutter grooves for the barefooted and absent minded.
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