This Beggar's Heart
This Beggar’s Heart
by Darrell Scott

This beggar’s heart that I’ve been given
This beggar’s heart has a working door
It may swing wide, it may be bolted
To feel this world no more


Sweet Forgiveness
by Darrell Scott

I had me a woman, I had a daughter, I had a son
I had love in the evening when the long day was done
but she found in another something I never showed
she took the children and left me and I took to the road

There was whiskey for breakfast, there were nights up in smoke
Oh, and that monkey was laughing and leaving me broke
And I hated for loving, I hated for trying, I hated for losing
A part of me that was dying

Sweet forgiveness filling up my eyes
Sweet forgiveness now i see through my years of lies
I once had a reason but my reason is gone
Sweet forgiveness will help me go on

Drown
by Darrell Scott & John Cowan

Under the big top the lights go dim
The clowns all hide and the ringmaster grins

His belt was noosed around my wrists
His smile turned into an angry twist

Too young to know better just what was wrong
My insides turned where they didn’t belong

And all I could do was hold back the tears
And wait for his thirst to go back to his beer

And so another and another and another was made
To Slug through this life, this life so alone and afraid

So I lied and I stole and I ate all I could
Just to have some control—as if I would

And there I was all full and fat
He said if I told, I’d die for that

Tell me when do the lights leaven the gleam in their eyes
Of children molested by men twice their size
Is it the moment of entry, or the rush of surprise
Or knowing their lives will only be lies

It’s The Whiskey That Eases The Pain
by Wayne Scott

It ain’t love it ain’t money that makes the world go ‘round
When you hit rock bottom you still may not be on the ground
Let me tell you something in case you’re walking with a cane
It ain’t love it ain’t money
It’s the whiskey that eases the pain

Eve told Adam that she had apples for sale
He bought the first one, I bought the last one and went to Hell
I can tell you something in case you’re walking with a cane
It ain’t love it ain’t money
It’s the whiskey that eases the pain

I’ll drink doubles and chase these troubles away
When you wake up tomorrow I’ll still be living today
Hey, if you need a crutch don’t try to walk with a cane
It ain’t love it ain’t money
It’s the whiskey that eases the pain
chorus

The Siren’s Song
by Darrell Scott & Tia Sillars

Oh the siren’s song pulled me along way down
I hear a voice, followed that longing sound
Maybe I was weak, maybe I was strong
Maybe it was all right to be all wrong
With the siren’s song I sang along
It filled my head just like too much wine
Called me by my name like she was already mine
Saying, “lover won’t you sleep, lover won’t you stay
If love is a disease I don’t wanna be saved”
With the siren’s song I sang along

Come now my love face your desire
Don’t question what our fates have conspired
Follow my touch, follow your need
And I will set you free, oh so free, so free . . .
  
Maybe I was weak, maybe I was strong
Maybe it was all right to be all wrong
With the siren’s song, with the siren’s song
With the siren’s song, I sang along

Now That I’m On My Own
by Darrell Scott 

Now that I’m on my own, now that I’ve made my choice
I put my feet on the road, listen to my own voice (say)
Take the time to take it slow take it anywhere you want to go
Life is short, I know

Now that I’m on my own I know what kept me here
Was seeing your heart of stone, thinking I put it there
Giving all, giving in, not giving up until the end
And this is the end, I know

And the daylight’s a little brighter
but the midnight’s a little darker
And I’m flying a little higher
But falling a littler harder
And I know I’m more alive from all these tears I’ve cried

Take the time to take it slow take it anywhere you want to go
Life is short, I know

And the daylight’s a little brighter
but the midnight’s a little darker
And I’m flying a little higher
but falling a littler harder
But I know that I’m alive
‘cause the dead never cry
Now that I’m on my own

Sweet Forgiveness (reprise)
by Darrell Scott

Sweet forgiveness filling up my eyes
Sweet forgiveness now I see through my years of lies
I once had a reason but my reason is gone
Sweet forgiveness will help me go on

But in the time it took to find the tears
I did find forgiveness for all the lost years
Though the rains still fall and the cold winds still blow
But with an open heart i just let it go, let it go, let it go

Sweet forgiveness filling up my eyes
Sweet forgiveness now i see through my years of lies
I once had a reason but my reason is gone
Sweet forgiveness will help me go on

This Beggar’s Heart
by Darrell Scott

This beggar’s heart that I’ve been given
This beggar’s heart has a working door
It may swing wide, it may be bolted
To feel this world no more 

This voice I sing it has been given
This voice I sing will break down the door
And once inside will find a friend or two
And sing alone no more

These hands of mine will do your bidding
These hands will play in time and tune
And time will show these hands have mattered
If they have mattered to you

These eyes of mine they take your picture
These eyes that see in 2 and 4
I close my eyes but I still see you
And see myself no more 

These feet have walked me through this lonesome world
These feet have dropped me here today
And I’ll be damned, I’m going where I’m going
I really know no other way

These words we sing they ring familiar
These words we sing we’ve heard before
Oh, fare thee will my one and own true love
I’ll see you in my dreams once more (once more, once more) 

This song I sing is finally over
You’re free to go about your way
So bang the drum and turn the house lights on

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