Name: What Was Right
Duration: P00H05M44S
Description: Recorded live to a 4-track reel-ro-reel tape recorder.

What Was Right

from Honeysuckle by Nicholas St. James

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Recorded live to a 4-track reel-ro-reel tape recorder.

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I’ve been rentin’ motels on the highway
Sleepin’ on top of my covers at night
I’ve been ramblin’ from place-to-place
Stayin’ in towns with sorrow in their name
I’ve been gamblin’ what was left me away
Placin’ all of my money on black

Damn that coal and damn that gold
And damn those hands that have a hand to hold
Damn the look on their face
And damn these lows and damn these highs
And damn that sun for castin’ so much light
And damn the way the ocean tastes
And damn you for doin’ what was right

I’ve been eatin’ all my food through a window
I never have any dishes to do
I been washin’ all my clothes I can’t outgrow
Watchin’ them spin through a window at the Laundromat
I been dancin’ workin’ on my Tango
Like a pair or scissors missin’ a blade

Damn that coal and damn that gold
And damn those hands that have a hand to hold
Damn the look on their face
And damn these lows and damn these highs
And damn that sun for castin’ so much light
And damn the way the ocean tastes
And damn you for doin’ what was right

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from Honeysuckle, released July 26, 2014
Nicholas St. James - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Reel-to-reel, Mellotron

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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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