Sweet Release Lyrics - Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs

I was born on a side road far from here 

While the town was burning out my dark window 

I was crowned with a cage of cold barbed wire 

And my bottle I keep with me even till now 

Curse my pain, curse the sunrise every dawn 

Those sidewalks ran me ragged, those cracks my only guide 

Long for midnight, long for darkness sweet release 

Beg the alleys for your endless time to cease 

Screaming blackbird on my shoulders 

Mark my nearness to his youth 

Left my senses reeling as he cried, "I understand you" 

(Sweet release, sweet release) 

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Try the handle, try the doorway, try the path 

Try to enter, to enter and to find some solace there, there 

In this clearing, you'll find nothing but a song 

Give it breath, give it sunshine and with you it will belong, belong 

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It will whisper, it will stir a gentle breeze, its hands are your hands 

They will take you where you please, if you please 

Will you choose to be gentle? It's just your life whatever you feel 

Are we blind for a reason or is it just to make it real, real? 

(Sweet release, sweet release) 

Show me do, give me seashells for my ears 

Tell your neighbors and forgive them for their fears 

(Sweet release, sweet release, sweet release)