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BAD MAN'S PRIDE

by David Heavenor

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Album: In Northern Towns Like These

Not quite sure where this one came from. I've been listening to quite a lot of Americana of late and when I was learning guitar I learned a lot from early American folk music - ballads like The Lily of the West and The Banks of the Ohio. So here is my murder ballad. Recorded in the basement of The Queen's Hall where I work when I was waiting for an evening concert. There used to be a bar called 'The Wayside Inn' on Causewayside and I would walk by it each day on my way to work. However I only noticed it after I'd finished the song which gave me a bit of a start. 'Bring back my bible..' I Imagined the guy taking his Gideon's Bible back to his local hostelry.

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BAD MAN'S PRIDE

A good man died where the rivers rise
Got his life caught in a bad man's pride
Bring me my horse, bring me my gun
Fetch up my anger like the rising sun

The south wind spoke, a lantern broke
A dust bowl devil made me choke
Bring me my heart, bring me my soul
Bring me my saddle and a sleeping roll

Farewell my dixie darling, farewell my dixie girls
Farewell my secrets and my sorrows
There's a good man down on the ground

So dress me in a rattlesnake skin
Bring back my bible to the wayside inn
Yes I can ride and I can wait
I'll grease my rifle by this tear stained gate

Don't want you, don't need you, there’s a skull beneath my skin
I don't want you, don't need you to let the lovelight in
Or the song upon the wind, the song upon the wind

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released January 5, 2010

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David Heavenor is a Scottish singer songwriter based in Edinburgh Scotland. He has produced 8 albums plus 3 EP's.

I'm Watching Rosanna. ' An insightful song....beautifully written and observed. Iain Anderson. BBC Radio

'Jenny & the Cold Caller. One of the best songs ever written...' Ricky Ross
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