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Dealing Despair


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Dealing Despair

Billy Strings

Turmoil & Tinfoil (Album)


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[Verse 1]
Well the folks around here don't get along anymore
Everybody's dealing despair
Few are the flowers to stop and smell
Exasperation lingers in the air

[Verse 2]
Well it must be something in the water, my darling
And I'm wakin' on the wrong side of the bed
I long for existence in tune with the others
I turn to the hatred within

[Chorus]
Come, go surrender to the evil
Do your part to feed the burning flame
You know I don't want your opinion
I just wanna blow out your brains

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]
Well the dreams that I had, now are all dead and buried
The bleakness and misery succeed
Run with the hurt, take part of the malice
Swim through the hatred and greed

[Chorus]
Come, go surrender to the evil
Do your part to feed the burning flame
You know I don't want your opinion
I just wanna blow out your brains

[Instrumental]

[Chorus]
Come, go surrender to the evil
Do your part to feed the burning flame
You know I don't want your opinion
I just wanna blow out your brains
Yes I just wanna blow out your brains

Total plays 181
Total teases 0
Percent of Shows 17.82%
Times opened 1
Times encored 0
Sets opened
Set 1 1 times
Set 2 1 times
Songs before
  • This Heart of Mine (56 times - 30.94%)
  • Thirst Mutilator (13 times - 7.18%)
  • So Many Miles (12 times - 6.63%)
  • Dust in a Baggie (11 times - 6.08%)
  • In Hiding (4 times - 2.21%)
Songs after
  • While I'm Waiting Here (12 times - 6.63%)
  • Meet Me at the Creek (6 times - 3.31%)
  • Pyramid Country (5 times - 2.76%)
  • Turmoil & Tinfoil (5 times - 2.76%)
  • There Is a Time (5 times - 2.76%)

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