Preview track from the album 'RANT' release Aug 19th 2013, recorded in East Church, Cromarty.
composed by Jenna Reid, arr. RANT
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Jan's Return

Black Ice Blues
S. Bunten

I built a fire yesterday
To try to burn away the gray
But there’s no color left at all
And as the mist turns into rain
A freeze upon me once again 
Cutting through me like a saw

And as the rain turns into sleet
There’s no sensation in my feet 
I stumble hard and start to crawl
But then I start to feel some heat
My frozen heart begins to beat
Soon I won’t feel the chill at all

Chorus
Prepare a feast with all a starving man can eat
Without a thought of the extravagance and waste
Sit at the table, take your napkin, say a grace
Before you tell me I can only have a taste… anyways

I pull the blanket to my head
But all the heat’s drained out of bed
I twist the sheets into a knot
I’ll pace the floor all night in stead
Until my slippers turn to lead
And I forget what I ain’t got

Maybe I’ll burn the damn house down
They’ll see the glow all over town
I’ll pull a chair up I suppose
The fire men will stand around
And watch it burn right to the ground
The water froze right in the hose

My frosty fingers fail to feel
I’ll take a bath in molten steel
Two thousand five hundred degrees
And by the cooling slag I kneel
Repent my sins and cut a deal
To send my darling back to me

A second ice age on the way
Because my baby’s gone away
The snow’s all ready shoulder deep
I’m fading fast so don’t delay
Come back to me and I’ll be saved
All that is mine is yours to keep


Black Ice Blues

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