Listen/purchase: Demon Blues by Liam Idiot
The high life was the low road, and we had to pay the rent There were people in the pool halls that we thought were heaven sent Just a bunch of muscles, and a brand new pair of shoes There’s no way for us to beat these demon blues
That early in the mornin’ was the shipwreck time of day My dreams were all in Spanish tongues, and I had nothing to say When you start feeling like a human, you’ve got everything to lose And there’s no way for us to beat these demon blues
The taxman takes our taxes, and the walls are painted green And I’ve fallen half in love with every person that I’ve seen I hired a detective, but he ate up all the clues Now there’s no way for us to beat these demon blues
The bus was going backwards and my hands just felt like steel Took a handful of amphetamines, and got behind the wheel Lying in the ambulance, I thought: “We all gotta pay our dues” But there’s no way for us to beat these demon blues
Burned down my apartment, and I rode out on the rail I went digging through the bargain bins, but nothing was on sale And I found a wrinkled valentine that read: “Beggars cannot choose” So there’s no way for us to beat these demon blues
All my life I’ve mucked around, up to my neck in sin I have a hundred excuses, but they’re wearing kinda thin And everybody’s talkin’, and it just makes me confused There’s no way for us to beat these demon blues
