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I was thinking Tony Joe White when I played the rhythm guitar and then built this song around it.

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AIN’T NO WATER THERE AIN’T NO SHADE
JUST THE SUN BEATING DOWN
EVER SINCE YOU WENT AWAY
LEFT ME HERE IN THIS DESERT TOWN
VS
GOT NO SHELTER FROM THE HEAT
GROUND IS BURNING THROUGH MY FEET
YOU CAN WALK BUT YOU CANNOT RUN
PEOPLE HERE MELTING IN THE SUN
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JUST LIKE THE SCORPION I HIDE AWAY
WAITING ON A BETTER DAY
WAITING FOR THE RAIN TO FALL
AND WAITING ON YOUR CALL

I KEEP PRAYING THAT THE STORM WILL BREAK
BUT I KNOW DEEP INSIDE THE RAIN WON’T COME
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YOU WERE MY WATER AND MY SHADE
FROM THE SUN BEATING DOWN
TILL THE DAY YOU WENT AWAY
LEAVING ME IN THIS BROKEN TOWN
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WE WERE ONE NOW WE ARE TWO
REDUCED AGAIN TO ME AND YOU
WHAT WE HAD HAS BLOWN AWAY
NOW I’M WAITING ON THAT BETTER DAY
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LIKE THE SCORPION I HIDE AWAY
I WAIT FOR YOU TO RING
WAITING FOR YOU EVERY DAY
A SCORPION WITHOUT A STING

I KEEP PRAYING THAT THE STORM WILL BREAK
BUT I KNOW DEEP INSIDE THE RAIN WON’T COME

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from My Blues​/​Rock Songs, track released October 24, 2016
All instruments, drum prog and vocals - Yours truly

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Barry Kingsbeer Stratford Upon Avon, UK

I've played bass and sung since I was 13. Pro back in the sixties for a while doing the beat group thing through to some spectacularly unsuccessful recordings. Over the years I've been lucky to have worked with some great players. I started writing songs in the 70s but not seriously until a few years ago. I write to please myself but if anyone likes anything that they hear here - that's a bonus. ... more

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