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Big Bad Man

from She Stayed As Steam by Kevin Devine

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I was a big, bad man
I picked at you like cotton candy
I talked my talk, made you feel lucky
Then broke your heart when I was ready
Yeah, I was a big, bad man

See, I strummed my slow, sad song
And I felt your lashes flutter for me
I let my smile spread out sneaky
My Cheshire cat act pushed your heartbeat
When I strummed my slow, sad song

Then I made a train wreck mess
I sunk to hell and dragged you with me
I grieved my weight in coke & whiskey
I shamed my father, scared my family
When I made my train wreck mess

But when you’d sleep, you’d sing my name into your pillow
A blue note cast to calm our burning bed
Your helpless heart dreamt my voice rising up to meet you
And held the plain truth hostage in your head
See, I never raised the ransom,
I never argued over terms.
I just let you and your song lie there and burn.

Now I think long, hard thoughts
About the years I can’t return you
The truth it took too long to tell you
There’s no excuse for how I did you
When I think my long, hard thoughts

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from She Stayed As Steam, released June 29, 2010

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