Laid to Waste

from Drugstore Love by Left Hand Smoke

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LAID TO WASTE

He was born an outlaw
Whipped up like a hurricane
With the fires of fury
Blowin’ all through his brain
And the power to love
Even though he’s lovin’ in sin

He’s got a hold on something
With all his might
The winds are blowin’ down through the night
He spent a spell in the early years as a junkie
But he can’t seem to shake the monkey
He’s so often drunk

You know he feels too much
It should have caused him to break
He turns away from the call of virtue
And he jumps on every offer vice makes
You can tell he has a heart
Even though his soul’s been laid to waste

He’s got skin of leather
And bones of steal
He’s got a will of substance
And a sense of what’s real
And his love for the finer things
Keeps him movin’ on

He drinks his life in
And swallows it whole
He’s all for pleasure
Without limits or control
He attracts the most beautiful and funky
His mind has gone to junk
He so often sunk

You know he feels too much
It should have caused him to break
He turns away from the call of virtue
And he jumps on every offer vice makes
You can tell he has a heart
Even though his soul’s been laid to waste

He’s too old now
To have died young
Will his decadence
Ever catch up to him?

Has he been cursed?
Or maybe he’s blessed
Either way his frenzied life’s a mess
He should be out in the desert
He’s playin’ cowboy in the city
He doesn’t seem quite human
When he aches it’s a pity

You know he feels too much
It should have caused him to break
He turns away, away, away from the call of virtue
And he jumps on every offer vice makes
You can tell he has a heart
Even though his soul’s been laid to waste

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from Drugstore Love, released December 7, 2018

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