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Dance With Death

from Rock Mass Rodeo by The Songs of Tom Smith

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From generation to generation
From father to son this Church goes down the line
When Daddy got bitten by the snake
We called no doctor just sat up and prayed
Buried him dead deep in the mud
I am Pastor now the Devil gets no rest
That serpent poisoned Daddy’s blood
Let it crawl on my skin, crawl on my flesh

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Take up the snake the spirit awakes
Stare the devil in the face
Take up the snake the spirit awakes
Dance with death, dance for your life

Late night calls from the congregation
Bearing witness to addiction and crime
Why call me God to this vocation
The factory in the day time, forsaken me at night
Fell from the pulpit when a snake struck
Doctor, do you think I will survive
Promise me you won’t push your luck
Give up handling snakes? I would rather die

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CHORUS
Dance with death dance with
Death, dance for your/life

I gave up being Pastor in the end
I hoard all my guns and my scores to settle
If violence is a comfort I surrender
Heroin, whores and give me heavy metal
Only the righteous wrangle snakes
It’s a rattler in my hands or a needle in my arm
Like the spirit that rose Jesus from the grave
In this religion I was born and raised

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from Rock Mass Rodeo, released November 29, 2019

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The Songs of Tom Smith Brisbane, Australia

The Songs of Tom Smith is a recording and performance project created by Tom in 2012. It has a large pool of musicians across Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.

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