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Damn Mess

from Richer Soil by Derek Nelson

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On my own, I went walking
On a street cold and mean
And just for a minute
It felt like you’d left the scene
My hands started shaking
My heart rate just grew
Oh, I would be a damn mess
if not for you

I mined gold in the mornings
Drank wine by the day
Wrote songs by the millions
While you were away
My misery broke me
Like it was meant to do
Oh, I would be a damn mess
If not for you

Don’t you know that my sanity
Is tied up in your hair
I’m not rough ‘round the edges
I’m rough everywhere.
And you don’t dull me down
No, you’ve made me your knife
And things won’t go to shit
With you as my wife

No sleeves, no pockets
No quarters, no dimes
No love, no sleeping
No reason, no rhyme
To not fall apart
what a hard thing to do
Oh, I would be damn mess
If not for you

They say you can’t prove a negative
But I know that’s not true
‘cause I would be a damn mess
If not for you
If not for you
If not for you
If not for you

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from Richer Soil, released October 10, 2019

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“Derek Nelson has been one of Chicago’s finest songwriters for about a decade now … [He] delivers a few lines of shocking honesty and vulnerability and continues to roll on so easily you have to go back and listen again to make sure you heard it right.” - Music Defined ... more

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