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Wayward Mama

from Roll & Move by Adrian Niles

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Blues under a red sky and no fight is fair, people shuffling on by but not going anywhere, well they’ll talk you out of town then wonder why you’ve gone into the arms of another that would do you wrong

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I’m a sweat drenched body in the sweltering heat, I can feel your love blowing baby, I may howl at the moon or bay softly, just don’t say you ain’t got nothing for me...
Wayward mama you been gone so long, it’s time for you to come home

I held my own when some forces bore down and I raved up baby with a sanctifying sound I made your heart pound and your ears bleed, now I’m wishing you back woman, God speed

I ain’t gonna take shame for the way that I’ve been any long stretch of road is a complicated friend and if the world don’t turn in haste and pull me off yet I’ll give what I can and wait around to get

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from Roll & Move, released January 22, 2011

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Adrian Niles Ohio

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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