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Demon Claws Lyrics by Marlon Williams

Sad but True: The Secret History of Country Music Songwriting

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[Verse 1]
Well my name it doesn't matter, my name I couldn't tell
The reason I am standing here is to tell you how I fell
They say a straw can break the back of a camel fully grown
I use a straw to pick my teeth and my back broke long ago
[Verse 2]
Once'd I had a family, once'd I had a wife
I went one day to walk away, a stranger I did spy
Stand there a long black snake coiled around his hand
The sky crashed down upon us and mud rose from the sand
[Verse 3]
Before I fell into the dark, he opened up his jaw
So black and cold I shivered, but in the milky hole I saw
House and children, wife and me, a scene of peace and love
Those rotting teeth upon us, came crushed us from above
[Verse 4]
I told this to a sailor, he told me just the same
Twenty years at sea, when he returned, not one remained
The fault was all his own, he said, "You cannot fight the years
By staring at a photograph and fighting back the tears"
[Verse 5]
Now I have tried a thousand times to think about that day
How I could find another route or find another way
But time won't pause, the demon's claws will always bleed you dry
You take time here, takes time from there, and you live it till you die
You take time here, takes time from there, and you live it till you die
You take time here, takes time from there, and you live it till you die
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Marlon Williams

Marlon Williams

About “Demon Claws” by Marlon Williams

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"Demon Claws" appears on "Sad but True: The Secret History of Country Music Songwriting".

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