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Part real, part dream
He scuffed both his knees
So out of touch
Can’t bring himself to say
Enough is enough.
Another soul lost in the crowd
He don't know how
Friends could turn their backs
Where are they all now?

He feels the shame and blame
The mark of Cain
Why are you mad?
Why are you downcast?
If evil’s at your door
You must master that
You’re a little bit crazy right now
But you’re not insane.

Living in dirt
Silhouetted by a church
He's a chalk line on red brick
With bloody lip.
Curled up in a snarl
Makes a decent person sick
How could he let himself fall
So fast so quick.

Staring at his shoes
Wondering how to fix them holes
Thinking ‘bout how he got so beat.
Hearing voices in his head
He can't get his pills
He's a damaged mess, a fleshy heap
Wondering what he’s gonna eat.

Mumbling to the skies
No one listens, they walk by
They all assume he wants to get high.
So helpless and alone
At the end of his rope
He's done the best he knows
He loves his Goodwill coat.

Unforgiven and forgotten
He crawls inside the church
To find a rare moment's peace.
He's angry at his God
He starts to scream and cry and hurt inside
Then he's politely asked to leave.

What comes from your lips
Or the things you did
And the schemes that you plotted in the dark.
Won’t matter that much
When you discover the sun
That you hid so deep in your heart.

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from Lonesome and Midnight, released March 1, 2009
R.Reynolds, ASCAP@2009

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Rand Reynolds Nashville, Tennessee

Rand Reynolds writes authentic Hillbilly Noir, a new music genre he created in 2005 to describe his haunting Edgar Allen Poe- like lyrics accompanied by a stark, rustic Martin guitar sound. The songs reek of the human abyss, danger and disappointment because, in Reynolds' Noir world, hope and desperation go hand in hand -- for his dreams of easy deliverance are empty, two sided and vague. ... more

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