We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Lightning In The Dark

from Lightning In The Dark by Tom Fairnie

/

about

A life badly lived but with no regrets. This is not a good role model but I like the wildness in the character.

lyrics

Lightning In The Dark

Build my gallows an’ build them high
Makes a long time climbing before I die
I want the chance to stare in his eye
They gave me bars but I can see between
To a dusty yard and a long gone green
They call that freedom, if you know what I mean

I’d drown my sorrows but the whisky’s gone
I’m sober as a judge, baked as a bone
On a dry county line that I pledged upon
Where they trailed me down when I broke free
I’d drank all the whisky in Tennessee
I don’t drink water, no, you know what I mean

I mean an empty chamber and a foolish heart
There’s more than one way to break apart
There are endings here, don’t know where to start
I spent my time looking for a spark
An’ finding a lady when I was lost
But I burned those bridges before I crossed
I paid the price and made my mark
But all I got was lightning in the dark

I was dressed to kill so the story goes
I lost a hand, won a dead man’s clothes
I got the finest shoes walking on Death Row
It’s a gambler’s vice that only losers see
I called him blind but the Devil saw me
So I called him out, oh you know what I mean

She’s a dancehall diamond built to lie
A rumour spread in another man’s eye
She was the reason that he was glad to die
And just for good measure I set her free
A judgement and a sentence fell on me
I’ll see them both in Hell, you know what I mean

I mean an empty chamber and a foolish heart...


© Lightning In The Dark music by Tom Fairnie, words by Bob Shields & Tom Fairnie 27th March 2017

credits

from Lightning In The Dark, released December 9, 2022

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Tom Fairnie image

Tom Fairnie Edinburgh, UK

I live in Edinburgh and I'm a singer songwriter. My style of writing cuts across Americana, folk, country and blues and I try to write melodic, accessible songs that make the best use of my guitar skills to provide sensitive uncluttered arrangements.

contact / help

Contact Tom Fairnie

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Tom Fairnie, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Seafood Sam joins the show to discuss his newest album, " Standing On Giant Shoulders".
listen now