Name: Before I Quit It
Duration: P00H04M48S
Description: Recorded live - second take.

Before I Quit It

from Honeysuckle by Nicholas St. James

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Recorded live - second take.

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There’s somethin’ wrong with the chemicals
I should be sideways and outta’ my mind, outta’ my mind
Instead I’m feelin’ the temperature
And it’s starting to feel like a sign, from the pines
There’s nothing wrong with this world, that I ain’t tried

I used to be the man that my momma made
But now I ain’t, don’t you think I tried, I tried
I never met a lust that I can’t persuade
To take me out for a mighty fine time, a mighty fine time
There’s nothing wrong with this world, I ain’t tried

I know I been a real bad boy
I see the sins I’ve committed
I feel the flame callin’ me ahoy
To take this life back before I quit it

There used to be a hand to hold on to
That’s when I was the marryin’ kind, the marryin’ kind
Out the window with my dreams and the wind that blew
I ain’t ever saved a dime, in my life
There’s nothing wrong with this world, that I ain’t tried
There’s nothing wrong with this world, I ain’t tried

I know I been a real bad boy
I see the sins I’ve committed
I feel the flame callin’ me ahoy
To take this life back before I quit it

I know I been a real bad boy
I see the sins I’ve committed
I feel the flame callin’ me ahoy
To take this life back before I quit it

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from Honeysuckle, released July 26, 2014
Nicholas St. James - Vocals, Electric Guitar, Mellotron
Max Allsbrooks - Drums, Percussion

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Nicholas St. James St. Louis, Missouri

"If Bob Dylan and Tom Waits were the same person, they'd write songs like Nicholas St. James."

-Ed Danger, American Roots Magazine

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