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2017 - S.P. Landin - On The 7th Day Demos

The Saddest man

It’s been a long and muddy road
Oh my lord, Oh my lord
On my shoulder such a heavy load
Oh my lord , Oh my lord

I’ve traveled all around, my son
Just to get some singing done
I was dreaming of silver and gold
To send home ’for I’m too old
But not a dime I earned on this land
I’m the saddest man

It’s been a long and wretched road
Oh my lord, Oh my lord
On my shoulder such a heavy load
Oh my lord, Oh my lord

I denied it for the longest time
But lately it has got me down
I did try the best I could
But the best of me wasn't even good
And I turned down every helping hand
I’m the saddest man
   
It’s been a long and lonesome road
Oh my lord, Oh my lord
On my shoulder such a heavy load
Oh my lord, Oh my lord

Wanna tell you that I did my best
Wanna tell you ’for it’s time to rest
To you my son I am unknown
Though I’ve loved, I have loved alone
Now I’m down to the last grain of sand
I’m the saddest man


S.P. Landin - The saddest man

Bourbon Street

So long to you my friend it’s time that we split ways
I’ll forever remember you, all the bad and the good ol’ days
I’m bound and all I know
It hurts me to let go
But who knows I may plant my feet
Down on Bourbon Street

Too fast you and I, we were young and wild at heart
Made the world slow down it’s pace and follow us right from the start
Like a restless blowing wind beat down upon your skin
We were friends, we were enemies
Down on Bourbon Street

So long to you my love don’t you cry ’cause we’ve reached the end
As you well know I bleed the same but still consider us the best of friends
Now I’m bound and all I know
It hurts me to let go
But for you my love, I’ll skip a beat
Down on Bourbon Street
Yeah for you my love, I’ll skip a beat
Down on Bourbon Street

Landin Peters - Bourbon Street

O Sweet Highland Maid

O fair morning just as bright as she
Take me homewards where my heart don’t bleed
Her light’s still shining well it never did fade
O Sweet Highland
Sweet Highland Maid

O the restless, the fierce and the wild
All stand in the shadows of that rapid child
Awake me tomorrow ’cause today cuts like a blade
O Sweet Highland
Sweet Highland Maid

Over the mountains, through the rivers deep
She’s always skipping, skipping ’round me
In the falling rain, in the ever growing shade
O Sweet Highland
Sweet Highland Maid

O fair morning just as bright as she
Take me homewards I just need to breath
My heart’s still pounding, a promise I kept and made
O Sweet Highland
Sweet Highland Maid

S.P. Landin - O Sweet Highland Maid

S.P. Landin - A lot of rope

Man on the run

Young and out of reach I did take to the open road
I walked over stretched out fields that I made my own
I was a man, a man, a man
And a swindler too
I robbed, I deceived and I soiled
Every soul right through

Now I am a man
A man on the run
From the early morning sun
Till the day is done
I sure was there for you
I wonder where you there too?
’Cause til time and times are done
I’ll be a man on the run

I curl in the rain, in the cold, as a lonesome man 
The fields I once took as my own are now barren land
I’m such a fool, a fool, a fool
A dead man too
’Cause I robbed, I deceived and I soiled
Every soul right through

Now I am a man
A man on the run
From the early morning sun
Till the day is done
I sure was there for you
I wonder where you there too?
And til time and times are done
I’ll be a man on the run

S.P. Landin - Man On The Run

Sweeter side of somber
 
Born on the stroke of midnight
With the wind right by my side
Not really smiling
Only hiding to get by
It pulls me in, right from within
Whispering in my ear
That on the sweeter side of somber
I’ll disappear
On the sweeter side of somber
I’ll disappear
 
I crossed no oceans not even a single road
Really did no traveling, always did what  I was told
Never new the truth, never had no youth
And freedom’s just a word to me
But on the sweeter side of somber
I’ll be free
On the sweeter side of somber
I’ll be free
 
Born on the stroke of midnight
With the wind right by my side
Not really smiling
Only hiding to get by
Then it pulls me in, right from within
Whispering in my ear
That on the sweeter side of somber
I’ll disappear
On the sweeter side of somber
I’ll disappear

S.P. Landin - On the 7th day demos - Sweeter Side Of Somber

If I ain’t got you
 
If you got hurt in a storm that I’ve caused
If you got hurt by a life that I’ve paused
Oh if you got hurt by my daily fraud
Oh I’d have nothing
Left that is true
Oh Baby if I ain’t got you
 
If you got lost on waves that I’ve stirred
If you got lost by a vision that I’ve blurred
If you got lost by words that I’ve slurred
Oh I’d have nothing
To my name that is true
Oh Baby if I ain’t got you
 
If you got pain that I caused somehow
If you got pain and you got it now
If you got pain ’neath that lowered brow
Oh I’d have nothing
So sweet nor true
Oh Baby if I ain’t got you
Oh Baby if I ain’t got you

S.P. Landin - On the 7th day demos - If I Ain't Got You

Poor Magdalene

Poor Magdalene
I must come for you
Know it will be
Not of joy I do

I am cold
I am darkness too
To the shore I walk to meet
Poor Magdalene

With unluck and wrong
Your life was filled
A cup of empty song
Soon sadly spilled

I am hurt
I am sorrow too
On the shore I stand to greet
Poor Magdalene

Well you did good
So I do think
But no more time
Is there to give

I am all
I am nothing too
And on this shore I’ll finally meet
Poor Magdalene

FAWM - Poor Magdalene DEMO

For no good reason

I can not regret the battles I’ve fought, the price that I’ve paid
Nor the trophies I sought
All the scars that I’ve gained, the trust I’ve betrayed
With a mind so depraved of love

I can not regret all the seas that I’ve sailed, the roads that I’ve traveled, 
And the miles that I’ve trailed
Oh the rules that I’ve bended, the wrongs I’ve defended
And all the times I pretended, to love

Oh I can’t go back my Virginia
For no good reason but you

I can not regret the tombs that I’ve sealed, the treasures I’ve hidden
The lies I made real
All the stones left unturned, the bridges I’ve burned
And all the time I only yearned, for love

I can not regret the words that I’ve spoken, moments forsaked
And songs that came out broken
Ah the truth I never told, was meant for you to hold
In the depths of your heartlands soul 

Oh I can’t go back my Virginia
For no good reason but you
For no good reason but you

FAWM - For No Good Reason DEMO

The only love that I’ve ever known

I’ll ride on the wings of the morning
And leave behind the seven hills of Rome
The night have only brought me sorrows
May morning bring me safely home

Oh my momma’s gonna cry when I leave
For the sake of it, not ’cause she feels
Smell of Bourbon and a heart of stone
The only love that I’ve ever known
The only love that I’ve ever known
Mmm, the only love that I’ve ever known

My father he’s a low life rambler
A drunkard and hard hitter too
You don’t build Rome in a day
That’s exactly what he used to tell you

So I’ll be leaving, and my guitar and my song
Will have to find me a place where I belong
With lots of Bourbon and heart’s made of stone
The only love that I’ve ever known
The only love that I’ve ever known
Mmm, the only love that I’ve ever known

I’ll ride on the wings of the morning
And leave behind the seven hills of Rome
The night have only brought me sorrows
May morning bring me safely home
May morning bring me safely home

FAWM - The Only Love That I've Ever Known DEMO

Music: S.P. Landin
Lyrics: Doug Haberman

Dancing shoes

Well I never had much
Always was poor
But saved a few dimes
For the dancing floor
I’d swing the girls round
’Cause they’d never refuse
Till I wore through the soles
Of my dancing shoes

There was one girl I met 
So light on her feet
Her long hair would swirl
As we twirled to the beat
She put on some weight
Then she gave me the news
And I thought I’d float out
Of my dancing shoes
 
Found a small place, made it our home
Then the cruel bank... called back the loan
 Oh she took our girl moved away
I long for them everyday
I’m like a sun with fading rays
 
When the radio plays 
A song from those times
I’ll comb through my coins 
For a handful of dimes
But I can’t go back
It would give me the blues
’Cause I just don’t feel right
In my dancing shoes

S.P. Landin & Doug Haberman - Dancing shoes

A burden on me

Well love I hear is getting closer
Soon it’ll knock on my door
It’ll come falling like the rain
Easy my mind and numb my pain
And the hurtin' will be no more

I remember you spoke of dancing
And the time it was midnight and one
I looked straight into your eyes
And I saw them liquid fires
Like a broken, like a broken son

And that night you sang of moonlight
Sang of a love so violently free
Like birds resting in their nests
Like there was nothing to protest
Like there was no one but you and me

So I have come to sweep the sunlight
To put it in your strumming hands
To lay mercy at your feet
Through victory and defeat
And watch you sleep ’neath the poor man’s land

Well love they say is getting closer
Soon it might be close to home
But I’ll never know a flame
Burn so fiercely once again
It’s coming home like a rolling stone

So tonight I will drink for the lonely
I will drink for the songs you set free
And I do and must confess
To have nothing is worse than less
But today, it’s a burden on me
A burden on me

Landin Peters

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