Devil At The Crossroads

Upbeat delta blues with driving acoustic slide guitar, stomping kick, and claps; male vocals gritty and playful, Verses stay raw and tight in a shuffle groove, bottleneck licks answering each line, Chorus jumps with gang shouts and call-and-response, harmonica fills punching between phrases, Energy builds into a final, rowdy tag with extra vocal ad-libs and longer guitar turnaround, male vocals, delta blues

[Verse 1] Dust road humming under worn-out boots Moon hanging crooked over county route ten Old man laughing in a brim pulled low Said "Boy You lost?" then he grinned again [Chorus] Devil at the crossroads gave me fire in my fingers Burn marks dancing on these old six strings Every note I bend That bargain lingers He said "Play Boy Play"—hear that red dirt sing [Verse 2] Pocket full of nothing but a busted pick Heart full of thunder I could barely name He tapped ash twice Drew a crooked line "Signe here in dust I’ll rewrite your flame" [Chorus] [Bridge] Now every roadside bar feels like Sunday church Sweat on the floor Hallelujah in the yells I ain’t afraid of heat I been living in it If I’m bound for flame I’ll be ringing them bells [Chorus]

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