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Heat [single]

by Beth Patterson

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STONE GROOVE RECORDS - SGD134B

©2016 Beth Patterson/Speak Jolly Music (BMI)
℗2016 Stone Groove Records

lyrics

Hot-blooded souls can coldly calculate
And if you spring a trap, don’t take the bait
More deadly with the stakes increased
It’s all a burden of the beast
For neither hell nor paradise awaits

Side by side you play with friend and foe
And as to which is which you might not know
The moon may change your blood and bone
But all your thoughts remain your own
So let your instinct guide you in the flow

I would die to defend you, I would live another day
To be by your side, no matter how discreet
Beyond the battlefront
Of the rhythm and the hunt
I need to feel your wisdom and your . . . heat

Some flesh can go undamaged by a flame
Some fires in the heart cannot be tamed
Anything to draw you near
Remain on course or disappear
I’d rather face down mortal death than shame

Some men will go down fighting or be saved
And others might be shackled and enslaved
So beware of friends who show no scars
Beware of heroes haunting bars
Beware of roads too slick and smoothly paved

I would die to defend you, I would live another day
To be by your side, no matter how discreet
Beyond the battlefront
Of the rhythm and the hunt
I need to feel your wisdom and your . . . heat

Cross to bear
Stay aware
On the move
Keep the groove

Fight or flight
Bark or bite
Creature spawn
Show goes on

Endemic to the city is disguise
Ceremonies draw souls in like flies
Show no fear that they might smell
Speak no tales that they might tell
For angels could be fiends that hunt the prize

So when you sing, you must enchant the throng
It’s all you have to show that you belong
Dual natures, single mind
All is glamour, don’t be blind
The price we gladly pay for savage song

I would die to defend you, I would live another day
To be by your side, no matter how discreet
Beyond the battlefront
Of the rhythm and the hunt
I need to feel your wisdom and your . . . heat

(Lyrics by Beth Patterson, Speak Jolly Music BMI)

credits

released September 5, 2016
Beth Patterson: lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric bouzoukis
Rob Schafer: bass guitar and backing vocals
Stephen Randall: drums and backing vocals

Mixed and mastered by Lewis D’Aubin at the COG Secret Lab, New Orleans, LA

Cover art, layout and logo by Randy Michaud for FrameWerks
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Beth Patterson New Orleans, Louisiana

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Beth Patterson - a Louisiana player of the Irish bouzouki who easily crosses genre boundaries ranging from Irish to Cajun to Metal. She has performed in 18 countries across the Americas, Europe, Oceania & Asia. She has 7 solo albums & appearances on over 170 albums, soundtracks, videos, commercials & voice-overs. ... more

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