Spit Gravel scream Thunder

[key D# minor]
[Verse 1]
Got these dusty blues 
I heard you’re leaving town 
I Got lost out of pocket
Crimes I can’t write down
Border stamps and bar tabs 
Unfamiliar Match book, 
hotel room key ring
I try to understand 
Road to ruin we’re travelling 
Every mile is another lesson 
Try to remember 
Things that make this man 
[Chorus]
Down gravel roads I wonder 
Chain smoke one after another 
Prayer on the tip of my tongue 
when I curse it’s torn asunder
Strike back like lightning
Breaking the witches spell 
Before it takes us deeper under 
Trying to take me to Hell
So I’m spitting gravel and screaming thunder 
[ post chorus]
(Life’s a bitch) watch out she bites 
Bite’s you if & when she’s feeling hungry 
(Feed the Bitch) before the night 
Hope she doesn’t eat you when she runs free
[Verse 2]
She left her necklace 
in My place 
Just shining misplaced 
Said
“You love the leaving
Baby
More than you’ll ever love anything 
phone’s never ringing 
Never bringing 
Nothing but bad news for me 
Lost old connections
I won’t call and I won’t explain
I just pour one for the memories
one more for the weight of the game
Ive been building up a thirst again 
[Chorus]
Down gravel roads I wonder 
Chain smoke one after another 
Prayer on the tip of my tongue 
when I curse it’s torn asunder
Strike back like the lightning
Break the witches spell 
Before it takes us deeper under 
Trying to take me to Hell
So I’m spitting gravel and screaming thunder 
[ post chorus]
(Life’s a bitch) watch out she bites 
Bite’s you if & when she’s feeling hungry 
(Feed the Bitch) before the night 
Hope she doesn’t eat you when she runs free
[Bridge]
No time for self restraint 
I just have to empty the bottle
I’ve never been the saint
Life Speeding full throttle
(drink it back, drink it back with me)
[Chorus]
Down gravel roads I wonder 
Chain smoke one after another 
Prayer on the tip of my tongue 
when I curse it’s torn asunder
Strike back like the lightning
Breaking the witches spell 
Before it takes us deeper under 
Trying to take me to Hell
So I’m spitting gravel and screaming thunder 
[ post chorus]
(Life’s a bitch) watch out she bites 
Bite’s you if & when she’s feeling hungry 
(Feed the Bitch) before the night 
Hope she doesn’t eat you when she runs free
[Guitar Solo]
[Final Chorus]
Down gravel roads I wonder 
Chain smoke one after another 
Prayer on the tip of my tongue 
when I curse it’s torn asunder
Strike back like the lightning
Breaking the witches spell 
Before it takes us deeper under 
Trying to take me to Hell
So I’m spitting gravel and screaming thunder 
[ post chorus]
(Life’s a bitch) watch out she bites 
[riff modulates up two full steps lead guitar wails, moans and cry’s that turn into uncomfortable laughter, shredding to the climax]
[gospel soul choir sings]
(Drink it back, drink it back!
Just one more time for me)
Keep reaching for the bottle trying to wash down
gravel in my throat gets screaming thunder again 
That’s Why I can’t drink it away 
[Guitar Solo]

[Outro]

metal, Chicago blues foundation colliding with doom-metal weight and power-jazz freedom; male vocals, deep Australian