Rake-Steve Earle

[ti:Rake] [ar:Steve Earle] [al:Townes] [00:01.12]Steve Earle - Rake [00:03.95] [00:08.11] [00:10.59]I used to wake and run with the moon [00:16.03]I lived like a rake and a young man [00:20.80]I covered my lovers with flowers and wounds [00:26.13]My laughter, the Devil would frighten [00:29.87] [00:31.09]The sun, she would come and beat me back down [00:36.28]But every cruel day had its nightfall [00:41.04]I'd welcome the stars with wine and guitars [00:47.27]Full of fire and forgetful [00:51.08] [00:58.60]My body was sharp, the dark air clean [01:04.12]And outrage my joyful companion [01:09.16]Whisperin' women, how sweet did they seem [01:14.30]Kneelin' for me to command them [01:18.55] [01:19.50]And time was like water but I was the sea [01:24.38]I'd have never noticed it passin' [01:29.40]Except for the turnin' of night into day [01:34.09]And the turnin' of day into cursin' [01:38.80] [01:46.22]You look at me now and don't think I don't know [01:52.06]What all your eyes are a sayin' [01:57.11]Does he want us to believe these ravings and lies [02:02.23]They're just tricks that his brains been a playin'? [02:06.09] [02:07.55]A lover of women, he can't hardly stand [02:12.30]He trembles, he's bent and he's broken [02:17.04]I've fallen it's true but I say unto you [02:21.08]Hold your tongues until after I've spoken [02:27.98] [02:35.00]I was takin' my pride in the pleasures I'd known [02:40.14]I laughed and thought I'd be forgiven [02:45.65]But my laughter turned 'round eyes blazing and [02:49.44]Said my friend, we're holdin' a wedding [02:55.03] [02:55.36]I buried my face but it spoke once again [03:00.08]The night to the day we're a bindin' [03:05.75]And now the dark air is like fire on my skin [03:11.05]And even the moonlight is blinding [03:18.19]