"Hell Or High Water" genre: New Country
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	Particularly in the "Bible Belt", that mostly barren patch of territory in the southern USA where everyone, of course, loves Jesus, you often run into specialists in moralizing, those always ready with a pertinent piece of advice for anyone facing a decision. After several years in Texas you sooner or later smarten up to the fact that these folks are just as in need of "salvation" as their prospective victims. Lots of water has trickled down the Brazos Rivers since Stevie Ray Vaughan's "Texas Flood" and so I thought it might be time for a fresh apocalyptic threat. The sound may well be akin to the Eagles'; the four-part harmony, however, is my own.
	CD: hell or high water   Label: Home Recording Credits: Instruments, Vocals & Engineering: Robert Schlarb
	Lyrics There's an old man living down beyond the train tracks These days more drunk than sober but that's okay Years ago he chucked his wife Now he eats with a greasy knife He will look you in the eye and he will say: Chorus: Come hell or high water You've got to make your own way Come hell or high water Your soul's the only one you're going to save I know a girl who pushes tracts in the subway She is willing to enlighten others long as they pay She lives in grimy digs in low rent While her boss drives Mercedes-Benz When I pass her on the street I stop and say: There's a preacher who always knows what's right for others Gives a sermon when you ask for the time of day If he were honest he would confess That his own life is a mess I'd give anything to one day hear him say:

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