Steve Tuttle - Feathered Indians (Tyler Childers Cover)

I guess I should probably come clean, 
there are some things that remain to be seen 
honey I've got something to say, 
I've been on the pills 3 months to the day. 

its a test of faith 

well I hope its not too much to bare, 
with a tear in her eye and a cold in her stare. 
her hand reaches out for the door 
the glass of wine breaks as she falls to the floor 

its a test of faith 

theres a vampire playing my hand 
drawing crosses and lines in the sand 
and making more scars 

oh then a memory came to my eye 
we danced on that floor with her feet on top of mine 
and I saw the innocence inside 
but I've blown that a part with all of these lies 

its a test of faith 

she said I need some time all alone 
to fix all the things in this broken home 
cause the faucet still leaks and the door it still creaks 
and you ain't no good for me 

now you're testing my faith 

theres a vampire playing my hand 
drawing crosses and lines in the sand 
and making more scars 

theres a vampire inside of us both 
but theres meaning inside of this oath 
oh and darling I need you to know 
I'm more than my scars

Pillbilly Deluxe

Scars

we hadn't spoke now in over a year 
he was strung out alone with an overgrown beard 
his destitution infected the room 
a ripped in half picture of a bride and a groom 

and I think theres someone you need to let in 
throw out your bible and wash out your sins 
brother I hope you find heaven inside 
maybe the whole point of life is to die 

he said salvation is only a high 
tore through skin and rolled back his eyes 
it won't be long now till he's paralyzed 
holding the hand of a lady in white 

Theres cracks in the sky where the heroine sang 
cling to the angel that course through your vein 
it won't be ling till the pain goes away 
the lady in white has lead you astray 
led you astray, led you astray 

I remember a better day 
but the past is a picture you better not paint 
all of your memories and all of your fears 
all disappear right here.... 
oh I can't believe this is happening to you 
I hear death bells a ringing 
the needles have drawn 
the angel in white will carry you home 

Theres cracks in the sky where the heroine sang 
cling to the angel that course through your vein 
it won't be ling till the pain goes away 
the lady in white has lead you astray 
led you astray, led you astray

Lady In White

Theres a poor man walking on the railroad tracks 
from east Kentucky where he can't go back 
hes spent every last shame on that welfare line 
with blood stains wearing on a cardboard sign 
those American dreams make it hard to sleep 
when your back is strong and your mind is weak 

Take me back to them hills, 
bury me a martyr in an oil field 
watch my soul rise through this coal 
and drift far away to a place beyond time and space 

well he spent too long crying in an empty house 
the bank came in and the wife ran out 
but he's given up on social life 
and found that journey through eternal light 
when you don't give a damn about being rich 
then life comes easy and you never bitch 
about the way it is or the way it aint 
cause no one In the world is a god damn saint 

Take me back to them hills, 
bury me a martyr in an oil field 
watch my soul rise through this coal 
and drift far away to a place beyond time and space

Coal Miner

we might be the only ones 
in this god forsaken place 
not staring at our phones 
now the whole damn world has got that way 
but I don't care 
cause it feels like were alone 
Theres a jukebox in the corner of the room 
well I hope it plays something more 
than them damn pop country tunes 
maybe we could dance all night 
but id rather see your face in the pale moon light 

show me the real night life 
cause the cocaine and bar rooms 
just can't compare to the nights 
just a blanket and wine 
and the stars in the sky 

I wanna drive south this weekend 
way down where the bluegrass grows 
and even thirty miles across the Ohio 
you hold my hand wherever we go 
so if I start swerving too much darling 
we can crack another bottle of wine 
or maybe we could park on this dirt road 
and dance under the pale moon light. 

show me the real night life 
cause the cocaine and bar rooms 
just can't compare to the nights 
just a blanket and wine 
and the stars in the sky 

oh if my life comes to an end you'll know where to find me 
way out in that ocean of stars 
and well be falling in love all over again.

Night Life

reading and writing, route 23 
exodus from the mountain 
then they gave birth to me 
and never looked back on a life that was made out of coal 
and traded the smell of magnolia 
for diamonds and gold 

Kentucky say your prayers tonight 
cause everything changes and everything dies 
the porch I grew up on is lost in the hills 
and the family that raised me consumed by the pills 

theres 3 early graves 
buried in Floyd County coal 
and ill never go back there 
leave me in Ohio 
cause alcohol, benzodiazepines and Percocet wait 
till maybe one day they'll consume the whole bluegrass state 

Kentucky say your prayers tonight 
cause everything changes and everything dies 
the porch I grew up on is lost in the hills 
and the family that raised me consumed by the pills 

say your prayers my love 
say your prayers my love 

Kentucky say your prayers tonight 
oh say your prayers tonight 
oh I guess thats its all bound to change, everything dies.

Kentucky

we took a walk down by the peer 
half way through the year 
was it salt from the ocean in your tears 
with a coin toss in the air 
and your auburn hair 
the fiction in two lives without a care 

pieces of me scattered on the ground beneath your feet 
now their nothing more than a memory 
of the girl you used to be at 23 

mountains of white 
we hiked through the night 
to the ends of the it all felt right 
the puzzle of the the heart 
is so damn hard 
but the pieces fit together from the start 

pieces of me scattered on the ground beneath your feet 
now their nothing more than a memory 
of the girl you used to be at 23 

the details slip away 
but an old house still remains' 
like the sky above the sand dunes turning gray 
and ill hang up my guns 
cause cowards need to run 
after castles made of sand and setting suns 

pieces of me scattered on the ground beneath your feet 
now their nothing more than a memory 
of the girl you used to be at 23 

pieces of me scattered on the ground beneath your feet 
now their nothing more than a memory 
of the girl you used to be at 23 
the girl you used to be at 23 

another sleepless night 
another pointless fight 
seems like what I say is never right 
but the beauty she possessed 
obsessed I will confess 
and I throw my weapons down and just say yes 
and I fall in love with every word she says 

pieces of me scattered on the ground beneath your feet 
now their nothing more than a memory 
of the girl you used to be at 23 

pieces of you mixed up in a world you never knew 
but the future that I planned has faded out of view 
by the man I used to be at 32 

pieces of me 
pieces of me 
pieces of me

Pieces of Me

in a one room shack in Grayson, them Kentucky hills 
well he grew up fast and he grew up hard working in the mill 

trying to make a life the only way he knew how 

well I love to hear them stories about the way things used to be 
about sorghum cane and picking blackberries on a summer day 

and trying to make a life the only way he knew how 

if a man was ever meant to go to heaven then papaw'd be the one id say 
said theres more about this life than the things that you can see 
and heaven it aint that far away, no heaven it aint that far away 

well he left them hills one night, headed cross that line 
heard that life gets better beneath them city lights 
trying to make a life the only way that he knew how 

but that citys filled with evil that haunts you in your soul 
whiskey turns the soul right back into coal 
but now he's found the light and god can guide him to his home

if a man was ever meant to go to heaven then papaw'd be the one id say 
said theres more about this life than the things that you can see 
and heaven it aint that far away, no heaven it aint that far away

Heaven Ain't That Far Away

somewhere between the great salt lake and the Bible Belt 
thats the place that I call home 
no mom and pop general store to serve hot soup 
they've traded it all for corn and fast food 
and the plant don't blow smoke anymore 
but the locals still do 
while they sit around and talk about the working mans blues 
but they don't know work and the pills hide the hurt 
but the blood on my hands is covered in dirt 

somewhere east and somewhere south 
is an old white man in an old White House 
he don't know about love and he don't owe us that much 
cause they've all but forgot about the men like us 

they goon about the good book 
placing judgement on mine 
can't see their log from the speck in your eye 
but theres a feeling inside of me that the lord up above 
would only give you strength in the power of love 
am I just another dying breed 
giving way to generation z 
another face up in the cloud of online history 
oh and Ive made a good woman my wife 
made a good run at this life 
and I don't wanna know how this old world dies 

somewhere east and somewhere south 
is an old white man in an old White House 
he don't know about love and he don't owe us that much 
cause they've all but forgot about the men like us

Old White Men, Old White House

she looked nice this morning, oh what a change 
I can't help but think is it for me or some stranger 

she knows love is just a game, take my heart and make it pay 
turn me inside out now, leave me deranged 
oh crying in the rain, just like a god damn fool 
insecurities blind me from keeping my cool 

nothing in life comes easy they say 
but I know a love this good won't fade 

when she's gone what will do do? 
drown my sorrow in pills and booze 

nothing In life comes easy they say 
but I've been a fool for too many days 

I felt good this morning, oh what a change 
this depression is killing me, my bodies in pain 
but she don't know the way I feel tonight 
deep down inside 
but can a man overcome this state of mind 

nothing in life comes easy they say 
but I've been high for too many days 

when I'm gone what does she do? 
while I drown my sorry in pills and booze 

nothing in life comes easy they say 
but she's been drunk for too many days

Nothin In Life

Sometimes I don't know where 
This dirty road is taking me 
Sometimes I can't see the reason why 
I guess I keep a-gamblin' 
Lots of booze and lots of ramblin' 
It's easier than just waitin' around to die 
One time, friends, I had a ma 
I even had a pa 
He beat her with a belt once 'cause she cried 
She told him to take care of me 
Headed down to Tennessee 
It's easier than just waitin' around to die 
I came of age and I found a girl 
In a Tuscaloosa bar 
She cleaned me out and hit in on the sly 
I tried to kill the pain, bought some wine 
And hopped a train 
Seemed easier than just waitin' around to die 
A good friend said he knew 
Where some easy money was 
We robbed a man, and brother did we fly 
The posse caught up with me 
And drug me back to Muskogee 
two long years waitin' around to die 
Now I'm out of prison 
I got me a friend at last 
He don't steal, cheat or drink or lie 
His name's Codine 
He's the nicest thing I've seen 
Together we're gonna wait around and die 
Together we're gonna wait around and die

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Alt-Country, Blues, Americana, Rock, Folk, Singer Songwriter located in Columbus, OH. Steve comes from a heavy metal background playing the local Columbus circuit in the late 90's and early 2000's and has since branched out into a solo act consisting of Alt-Country, Rock, Americana songs. The debut EP Tao of Steve released in 2016 can be heard on Youtube, iTunes and Spotify. Steve is currently working on a full length album due out in fall 2018

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