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Getting close on midnight
Falling rain’s the only sound
A telephone rings but he hears nothing
Though the television’s down
Another cup of coffee fights the pills to calm the nerves
Another shot of red-eye and the blood begins to surge

Saturday night special
(Pawnshop bullets and old war medals)
Saturday night special
(Cold heart hot blood and warm gunmetal)

Now the rental’s way too high
So he gambles on a loan
He loves to play with money
She ain’t too good alone
So she broadens her horizons while the kid’s out under cars
And her old man hears the rumours as they’re passing down the bar

Saturday night special


Out here on the edge it’s another time and place
Where the struggle for survival is writ on every face
She said “Honey I could die for your love”
She never knew it would be the case

Saturday night special

The hour before dawn is dark
The ambulance is white
The rain dirty back streets
Spill the blood-red light
The morbid crowd have come and gone, all’s quiet beyond the crime-scene tape
It ain’t beauty killed the beast my friend, but it’s love that sealed his fate

Saturday night special

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from The Continental Drift (2016), released February 15, 2016

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Mark Lucas Sydney, Australia

Australian roots music – it’s a sense of place. In singer-songwriter Mark Lucas' word picture world you’ll encounter ghosts of the past & yearning spirits of the present, making themselves known in a variety of familiar locales, together with a motley cast of misfits & dreamers who could fit in just about anywhere there’s people & stories to tell. ... more

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