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Black Rose

from Party At Old Scratchy's by Eli Elkus

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lyrics

My dear,
I fear you fail to see
that's why they call 'em fail-I-see's
There is evil in this world, girl
like it or not
The brave will live to save themselves
and the lost will lose their way
and sure as hell
some of them couldn't have been nothin' worse...

I used to think I was a better man
Come to know I was wrong
I understand and I will level
That ain't no man
but it ain't no devil...

Black Rose

Tellin' ya, "If you don't marry me you're gonna have to bury me"
'Cause all it wants to chain you
All it wants to change you
Oh, I won't...

They'll sick their sickness in your head
and turn you into livin' dead
There is evil in this world, girl
but it ain't me...
So weary traveler beware
them cats with million mile stares
Yer goddamn right...
they've seent some shit
but ain't we all?

I used to think I was a better man
Come to know I was wrong
I understand and I will level
That ain't no man
but it ain't no devil...

Black Rose

Tellin' ya, "If you don't marry me you're gonna have to bury me"
'Cause all it wants to chain you
All it wants to change you
Oh, I won't...

They say good men can talk for hours...
well, psychopaths can buy you flowers
Seems mighty lonesome husslin' roses
down the avenues of the dead
You don't respect the sights that you see
you won't respect humanity
Go on and shut your mouth, boy
Them who's busy speakin' can't get fed

I used to think I was a better man
Come to know I was wrong
I understand and I will level
That ain't no man
but it ain't no devil...

Black Rose

Well, if you wanna marry me you're gonna have to bury me
'Cause I won't chain you
I won't change you
Oh, I won't chain you

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from Party At Old Scratchy's, released April 1, 2020

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Eli Elkus Northampton, Massachusetts

Eli Elkus is a traveling musical storyteller, songmaker, and folk activist. He began sculpting his craft as a young troubadour fishin' for songs by the riversides and busking in the streets. And so it went... The lazy-eyed dreamer and his familiar Bronco the hound wonder wander the US byways bringing folk music to the folks, freewheelin' in their road sweet home - 'JeBus'.
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