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Hard Crimes

from Ghost Road by Adrian Niles

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I set out for leaving scattered love in ruins
But with hurting on my heart, It was hard to tell what I was doing
We got a long black shadowy past but there’s mercy a brewing
Desire has gone for warmer weather while the yearning settles in
Thoroughfares are filled with sweat, blood and dreams
Where broken promises were never meant to mean anything
And as we tear down everything that once shook in the wind
We pay for the spoils of our hard crimes

A foul tongue and foul taste on the tip of fate
A long day, a longer night for us to lay here in wait
Well I’m stripping the wire, pretending to love what I hate
You may have come for what you needed, but you stayed too late
You ain’t the same woman that I fell in with
I’ve grown mean with the years, a little colder and stiff
And as we tear down everything that once shook in the wind
We pay for the spoils of our hard crimes

Don’t you toil with me honey, making a home a cage
I’ve laid down for that lion before and paid a handsome wage
Well I’ve hustled with my harlequin heart another sin on another page
I’ve conquered many, from weak to wild, I was all the rage
But we’ve got a big house in the distant blue yonder
Where we can hide from it all and let our love grow stronger
As we tear down everything that once shook in the wind
We pay for the spoils of our hard crimes

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from Ghost Road, released May 13, 2010
Adrian Niles: Vocals, Guitars, Organ
Clint Landis: Drums
Matt Penhos: Bass

Written by Adrian Niles
Produced, Mixed, and Mastered by Adrian Niles

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Adrian Niles is a roots-rock artist from eastern Ohio. He grew up in the bluegrass music tradition of his father, uncle, and grandfather’s band The Porter Brothers. After discovering artists like Dylan and Hendrix, in his teen years, Niles dedicated his life to the folk, blues, and rock expressions as a songwriter and performer. ... more

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