When All You See is Blood

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© 2011 W.A. Kostelec
(The Devil is Beating His Wife)

I thought I had it made, I thought I had it nice
Pretty Woman at my side took my whisky down with ice
You said I was your only one but the things you said were lies
You liked my brand of whisky you had three other men on the side

They say that blues is just a heartache when you lose your only one
I say the blues is more like the hole that’s left when they shoot you with a gun
Stuck on some old back road axle way down deep in mud
You look down where your heart was and all you see is blood

Well I got up this morning my soul it felt so low
Forgot about the coffee and it boiled all over the stove
Lay all night next to the hole you left in the bed
When the Sun came up without you I got Devils in my head

They say the blues is just a heartbreak when you lose your only one
I say the blues is more like the hole that’s left when they shoot you with a gun
Your lungs feel so empty you want to suck in half the sky
And the only sound that’s left to make is a god-forsaken cry

So go count up all your winnings if you can remember all their names
Fill up your little scorecard like Love was just a game
But take me off your roster I don’t need you anymore
I’m going to change my brand a whisky and the locks upon my door

They say the blues is just a heartbreak when you lose your only one
I say the blues is more like the hole that’s left when they shoot you with a gun
Stuck on some old back road axles way down deep in mud
You look down where your heart was and all you see is blood

They say the blues is just a heartbreak when you lose your only one
I say the blues is more like the hole that’s left when they shoot you with a gun
Your lungs they feel so empty that you want to suck in half the sky
And the only sound that’s left to make is a god-forsaken cry

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