Name: THE DARK CAN SWALLOW YOU WHOLE
Duration: P00H02M37S
Description: My love for Buddy Holley led me to write this with a crossbreed of The Bobby Fuller Four. Martin Kearns did an excellent job producing this with classic slap back on the vocals.

THE DARK CAN SWALLOW YOU WHOLE

by Darryl Rhoades

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My love for Buddy Holley led me to write this with a crossbreed of The Bobby Fuller Four. Martin Kearns did an excellent job producing this with classic slap back on the vocals.

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THE DARK CAN SWALLOW YOU WHOLE

DONT REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST HEARD THESE WORDS
BUT I LEARNED EM' LONG AGO
SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING MY DAD MIGHTA SAID
HOW THE DARK CAN SWALLOW YOU WHOLE

I READ THE GOODBOOK A COUPLE OF TIMES
FIGURED ONE DAY IT'D SAVE MY SOUL
IT SAID THE SAME THING WITH DIFFERENT WORDS
HOW THE DARK CAN SWALLOW YOU WHOLE

WELL I READ ABOUT THAT TALKIN' SNAKE
WITH AN APPLE LONG AGO
HE GAVE US TEMPTATION BLOCKING OUT THE LIGHT
THAT BROUGHT THE DARK THAT CAN SWALLOW YOU WHOLE
BROUGHT THE DARK THAT CAN SWALLOW YOU WHOLE

SEEMS I WAS ALWAYS DOIN' WRONG
AND MOST TIMES I DIDN'T KNOW
THERE'D BE SOMEONE PRAYIN' OVER ME
TO KEEP THE DARK FROM SWALLOWING ME WHOLE

I HEARD ABOUT THE STRUGGLE TWEEN GOOD AND EVIL
EVERY SINCE THE WORLD BEGAN
WHEN THE ANGEL FELL FROM HEAVEN TO HELL
I LEARNED ABOUT THE ORIGINAL SIN

MANY TIMES I SAW FRIENDS OF MINE
GOIN' DOWN A PERILOUS ROAD
PAST THE POINT OF NO RETURN
WHERE THE DARK COULD SWALLOW EM' WHOLE

TEMPTATION CAN BE LIKE RIDIN' A CYCLONE
THAT YOU CAN NEVER CONTROL
WE THINK THAT WE'RE INVINCIBLE
ENDING UP GOING WHERE WE SHOULDN'T GO

IT'S BURIED STRONGER MEN THAN ME
BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW
AHH...THESE WORDS I HEARD WHEN I WAS A KID
THE DARK CAN SWALLOW YOU WHOLE
THE DARK CAN SWALLOW YOU WHOLE
© Darryl Rhoades 2021

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released September 29, 2023
Guitars (acoustic, electric & baratone): Tommy Strain
Drums & Vocals: Darryl Rhoades
Music & Lyrics by Darryl Rhoades

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