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Firestarter
(Andrew Combs)
Tunes of R and T Direct / Chunk of Coal Publishing (SESAC)
You said, come to me, I’ll show you roses
Come to me, I’ll take good care of you
Firestarter, you let me down
No such roses to be found
Talking trash and talking cheap
Shrug it off, I’ll have one more drink
Firestarter, I’m going home
I hate to leave you all alone
But I don’t want to burn
I don’t want to burn
I don’t want to burn out
I don’t want to burn
I don’t want to burn
I don’t want to burn out
Like you
You, you, you
Like you
So, what’s the means, tell me what’s the truth
You live by a lie and you’ll die by it too
We lost you a long time ago
The fires came and they swallowed you whole
But I don’t want to burn
I don’t want to burn
I don’t want to burn out
I don’t want to burn
I don’t want to burn
I don’t want to burn out
Like you
You, you, you
Like you
Red is the color of your busted lip
Your busted kiss
Your busted shit
Oh, I don’t want to burn
I don’t want to burn
I don’t want to burn out
I don’t want to burn
I don’t want to burn
I don’t want to burn out
The best I've heard from Steve Earle in a while. The songs have a subtler, earthier tone, tastefully rendered in authentic sounding country/blues/bluegrass stylings. 'J.T' reminds of earlier records like 'Feel Alright' or 'Train a Comin'.
Deep grief, love and compassion is felt on the final track, the only composition from Steve, seemingly written for his son. The rest, composed by JT, do confirm what a great songwriter he really was. tideracer
He is masterful on the piano. Robert Ellis writes songs that grab your attention and are very well written and often times catchy and witty. I love the fact he mostly used the piano on this one. I wish more artists followed this pattern. Yimmy Kil