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He's Not Here EP II

by The Dapper Conspiracy

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Go on and tell me a story about two dead boys and a black widow on the run. Go on and tell me a story and if you promise to tell me the truth. I promise not to tell no one. Hey there little lady you’re a real bad baby. There’s something going on here and your cover’s kinda shakey. Go on and start again and this time try to get it right ‘cause I know what you been doing in the middle of the night and it doesn’t do a pretty little lady like you no good. Come on did you really think you wouldn’t be discovered? We really should be looking for your husband and your brother. Tell me what do you expect that we are gonna find? You could tell the truth and save yourself some peace of mind and maybe make believe this little meeting never happened at all Go on and tell me a story about two dead boys and a black widow on the run. Go on and tell me a story and if you promise to tell me the truth. I promise not to tell no one. You ain’t gonna get a better offer than the one you see. You’re needing some protection, but ain’t nothing in this world for free. You’re in the deep end of the water and it’s only getting hotter - I could take good care of you and good care of your daughter if you take this ring and marry me beneath the Joshua tree. Go on and tell me a story about two dead boys and a black widow on the run. Go on and tell me a story and if you promise to tell me the truth. I promise not to tell no one. Oh, not to tell no one. Oh, not to tell no one. Go on and tell me a story about two dead boys and a black widow, that widow that’s on the run. Go on and tell me a story and if you promise to tell me the truth. I promise not to tell no one. Oh, not to tell no one. Oh, not to tell no one.
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Oh baby, I could learn to love you. Learn to love you, baby, I could learn to love you. Oh baby, I could learn to love you. Learn to love you, baby, I could learn to love you. Oh baby, I could learn to love you. Learn to love you, baby, I could learn to love you. You’ve got the prettiest smile and you’ve got a devilish way. You think you’ve got what it takes to steal my heart away. Oh baby, I could learn to love you - if you could maybe learn to love me true. If I’m gonna be the one that you love then I’m going to need some basic assurance. As your bride to be you’ll cling only to me, call it my heart’s insurance. You could take what’s rightfully mine and make it rightfully yours. So please understand this underhanded exam - my heart just had to be sure. We could shoot our guns and ask no questions after. We could find a car that drives a little faster. We could leave this town as if it never mattered. Oh baby, I could learn to love you. Learn to love you, baby, I could learn to love you. Oh baby, I could learn to love you. Learn to love you, baby, I could learn to love you. Oh baby, I could learn to love you. Learn to love you, baby, I could learn to love you. You wanted to talk for a while, had nothing to hide, said you weren’t in no hurry. How you wanted a simpler life with me as your wife before a judge with no jury. For once in your career with the gun, before a judge with no jury. We could shoot our guns and ask no questions after. We could find a car that drives a little faster. We could leave this town as if it never mattered. Oh baby, I could learn to love you. Oh baby, I could learn to love you.
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I know you want a family man but that ain’t how I get my kicks. I’m headed out the door to buckle down and maintain my fix on everybody in this town that I’ve got under my thumb. There are times I bring a storm cloud home at the end of the day and I go off into a blinding rage. It don’t matter to me who you are or what you done. But it’s a bad love that makes you hurt somebody, and he swears (and I swear baby) that it won’t happen again. To get my point across sometimes I feel I gotta talk with my hands and we’re going to talk until you understand, and if you still don’t get it I can show it to you real up close. ‘Cause every two bit bruiser knows to measure out the pain with some praise and try to show regret as soon as you’ve been put in your place and say he’s sorry just as fast and as often as he can. But it’s a bad love that makes you hurt somebody, and he swears (yes I swear baby) that it won’t happen again. But it’s a bad love that makes you hurt somebody, and he swears (oh baby I swear, no) that it won’t happen again. It’s a bad love. Bad love. Mm, bad love. A bad love.
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Here I am lonely and caught in the middle again of two more cadaverous bodies that need burying. One of these murders I have every right to claim - but the blood from the other is still on my hands all the same. Time after time I have foolishly fallen in love with bad men who were dangerous and rotten. My daughter, may her soul not soon be forgotten, is why I will do what I’m going to do to you. I’ve got my alibi set and don’t you question it. I’ve got my box of regrets but these husbands don’t count for anything. No they don’t. I’ve learned to cover my tracks so I don’t have to look back. I got my peace of mind by taking mine and I ain’t got no witnesses. I made sure there were no witnesses. Don’t you know you’ve seen the last of me? I’m gonna carry on and flee to freedom. I feel like I am on my way to somewhere, starting over, I’ll grab my boots and get my gunna and call it a night. Ain’t got no family left, ain’t nothing tying me down. I’ll be a face in the crowd before you know it I just won’t be found. Wait and see. Ain’t got no time for romance or sneaking out to go and dance. I hope my sins are forgiven, but if not I think I’ll be alright. What will be will be. Don’t you know you’ve seen the last of me? I’m gonna carry on and flee to freedom. I feel like I am on my way to somewhere, starting over, I’ll grab my boots and get my gunna and call it a night. Don’t you know you’ve seen the last of me? I’m gonna carry on and flee to freedom. I feel like I am on my way to somewhere, starting over, I’ll grab my boots and get my gunna and call it a night.

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released January 19, 2016

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