"I met a Polish man in a bar in Amsterdam, near Chinatown and the Red Light. I was singing songs on a small stage. He asked me if I had any songs about a wasted life. His face was hollow and pale. He stayed mostly in the corners, near the shadows. He was in sadness and in despair. So I wrote him a song about a wasted life." - Trey Yip
lyrics
Wasted Life
words & music by Trey Yip
Well the morning train is ticket out of this place
Steam & steel & rolling thunder, mother mary full of grace
The train tracks don’t bring me closer today
Wont you come down here lord and take me away
This cant be the way that the story goes
You know It turns out different in my mind, in the story i wrote
Then it must be courage, is one thing I lack
so then ill leave this place a coward and i'll never come back
Theyll never find me on memorial road
Ill hide out in the red light, with the sinners, the topless shows
Im not righteous momma, ive always been vain
I still belong to anne marie, like a ball and chain
I couldn’t show my face, not here in this town
Elan says theres price n my head, they got blood hounds
I lost all my nerve, my hands shake, its a crime
the first night that i saw you, baby, was the night i went blind
Your father could forgive me , I know that he could
Its cold dark evening amsterdam, it’s a haunted wood
And you cant tell me with confidence, what is right and whats wrong
my concience keeps me up , all night long
I am the wreck of ship, I am a broken down train
its a cold night, a rough life , to caught in the rain
I got nowhere to go, darling you know I cant sleep
This picture of you on the steps, is the only thing im gonna keep
credits
from The Faustian Bargain,
track released July 13, 2011
**special wizard voodoo magic by Pete Neonakis
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