mistress named music

Singer:church, eric

i still remember miss bessie singing

black

wrinkled fingers on ivory keys

just five years old

my church shoes a-dangling

yeah

she's long gone and i'm still chasing this song

with a guitar full of freedom and a head full of lines

that nightlife full of demons has been a hell of a ride

i got a crazy heart

but i was born to lose it

married to a dream with a mistress named music

no hope and squarely solitary

enough whiskey and coke

boys

to get me in a bind

amps juiced

the whole damn block could hear me

even that cop car rolling past

by the time they hit the front door

i was out the back

with a guitar full of freedom and a head full of lines

that nightlife full of demons has been a hell of a ride

i got a crazy heart

and i was born to lose it

married to a dream with a mistress named music

white calloused fingers on bronze and nylon

these same old boots are still tapping time

not quite the buzz i used to tie on

but 'til i'm gone

i'll be chasing this song

with a guitar full of freedom and a head full of lines

that nightlife full of demons has been a hell of a ride

i got a crazy heart

and i was born to lose it

married to a dream with a mistress named music

yeah

i'm married to a dream with a mistress named music