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Burnt Sugar Hill

from The Storm in Our Head by Kathleen Dunbar

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Burnt Sugar Hill
By Kathleen Dunbar
Copyrighted by Kathleen Dunbar

I had love in a palace
but the palace burned down
moved across the tracks
to the other side of town
I had love in a shack
shook it like a storm
started out cold
but love made us warm

I ate evil things
I walked in bad shoes
I had second clothes
and my principles were used
I had a lover
the lover was in jail
he messed up my life
so I wouldn’t throw his bail

Chorus
I’m gonna save my soul
with your sweet love
sweet as the angels
and the stars above
I’m gonna save—save
baby gonna save my
save my save my
baby gonna save
gonna save my soul

tell me who’s your boss
tell me who pays the bills
who cleans up after
and who makes the spills
if it’s wet in the water
wet is what you find
if it’s dark everywhere
then you must be blind

I was technically alone
but I kept an open mind
scrounging round the edges
to see what I could find
down at the corner
what should I see
but your own sweet self
lookin at me

Chorus

and then we go
down a road
not knowin
where we’re
lightning strikes
from above
just like that
you’re in love

my mojo was workin
it conjured up yourself
an angel from heaven
a devil straight from hell
thought I was in trouble
it was love I was in
shoulda known better
but I fell in love again

I had my red dress on
cause I like to advertise
ain’t no mistakin
the message in your eyes
you was leanin on the fronta
my Cadillac grill
with your thumb pointing up
to Burnt Sugar Hill

Chorus

credits

from The Storm in Our Head, released March 23, 2012
Kathleen Dunbar/vocals, Gawain Mathews/guitars, electric organ, tambourine, couscous shaker, Dan Feiszli/standup bass, Dave Tweedie/drums and Griswold frying pans

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Kathleen Dunbar San Francisco, California

You may notice my songs are about angels and devils, birth, life, death, about creation and crumbling destruction—the troubles we humans get ourselves into and the choices we make—some of them funky, some of them ending in the dark, others rising into the light of morning. Touching, humorous, spellbinding storytelling—my songs brings you into the irony, the tragedy, and the possibilities of life. ... more

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