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Take You
By Kathleen Dunbar
Copyrighted by Kathleen Dunbar

the very kiss that makes time stand still
is what starts it up again
you’re burnin, burnin, burnin for the key to love
but your gonna get the chain

you want the mojo and the sayso
you want sweet honey and perfume
you’re singin, singin, singin about love
but you’ll sing sorrow real soon

ohh, oh oh oh

you think I’m heaven-sent, an angel
but I wear the devil’s black
I’ll take you, take you, take you up to heaven
but you’ll see hell before you’re back

I cannot stay here by the shade tree
I cannot stay here by the well
I gotta, gotta, gotta keep on goin
and that’s all that I can tell

ohh, oh oh oh

there’s a man in my dreams
that I got to meet
when I sit beside him
I’ll lose my ramblin feet
he’s the doctor of love
the medicine man
when the sickness don’t kill ya
the cure surely can

there ain’t no day without the night babe
there ain’t no right without the wrong
you suffer, suffer, suffer with the sweet pain
it’s what you wanted all along

oh take your sorrow to the river
and with the water wash your shame
keep lookin, lookin, lookin for the one
who will sweetly call your name

ohh, oh oh oh

there’s a man in my dreams
that I got to meet
when I sit beside him
I’ll lose my ramblin feet
he’s the doctor of love
the medicine man
when the sickness don’t kill ya
the cure surely can
he says take off your coat
you don’t need your dress
I can’t be more naked
or more of a mess
I keep tellin myself
just a little bit more
when I die from too much
I’ll know what dyin is for
the life that I had
I threw it away
when I’m gone bring some whiskey
to pour on the grave
call down the lightning
the thunder and rain
you can write on the stone
here lies an angel in chains

credits

from The Storm in Our Head, released March 23, 2012
Kathleen Dunbar/vocals, Gawain Mathews/guitars, backing vocals, Dan Feiszli/electric bass, Dave Tweedie/drums, Rich Armstrong/backing vocals, Joe Bagale/backing vocals

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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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