Old World Dawn
from The Devil's Toil by Brian McGrath
lyrics
There's a cold dawn when the night's gone
Lost our hold on right and wrong
Blood and soil, endless toil
Sing the Old World The Devil's song
I've been smoking fine tobacco
From my burled-walnut pipe
I'm imbibing from my chalice
On fine spirits of the night
Not quite Hell or Heaven
Somewhere in between
We can feel it slipping
No one to believe, to believe
Painted smile, laughing wild
Dagger hiding behind the back
Gone too far now, bleed it out now
The beasts are hungry, it's time to feed
Not quite Hell or Heaven
Somewhere in between
We can feel it slipping
No one to believe, to believe
There's a cold dawn when the night's gone
Losing hold of right and wrong
Sing the Old World, The Devil's toil
The debts come due now, it won't be long
It won't be long...
Lost our hold on right and wrong
Blood and soil, endless toil
Sing the Old World The Devil's song
I've been smoking fine tobacco
From my burled-walnut pipe
I'm imbibing from my chalice
On fine spirits of the night
Not quite Hell or Heaven
Somewhere in between
We can feel it slipping
No one to believe, to believe
Painted smile, laughing wild
Dagger hiding behind the back
Gone too far now, bleed it out now
The beasts are hungry, it's time to feed
Not quite Hell or Heaven
Somewhere in between
We can feel it slipping
No one to believe, to believe
There's a cold dawn when the night's gone
Losing hold of right and wrong
Sing the Old World, The Devil's toil
The debts come due now, it won't be long
It won't be long...
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from The Devil's Toil,
released September 14, 2018
Words, Music, Performance by Brian McGrath.
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Brian McGrath.
©2018 Brian McGrath
Words, Music, Performance by Brian McGrath.
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Brian McGrath.
©2018 Brian McGrath
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Brian McGrath Chicago, Illinois
Brian McGrath is a Folk & Americana Singer-Songwriter from Chicago and currently based in Madison,
Wisconsin.
With intense, honest conviction tempered by Midwest sensibility and grit, the big man with a big voice tells tales of broken characters, desolate landscapes, and hopeful redemption all along the highways and byways of the American heartland.
McGrath's new album "The Lonely Hour" now out.
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