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If I Saw You Laying Bloody In The Street I Wouldn't Bother You

from David Poe by David Poe

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Produced by T-Bone Burnett
Recorded by Susan Rogers

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IF I SAW YOU LAYING BLOODY IN THE STREET I WOULDN'T BOTHER YOU
By David Poe
© 1990 Charming Martyr (BMI.)

If I saw you laying bloody in the street
I wouldn't bother you
I'd stop and watch i I had time
Call for help if i had a dime
I wish that this wasn't mine
But I won't lie
'Cause the story that you made up
And Our subsequent break-up
Are a batter party lie to tell our friends
But I wish it wasn't mine

If I saw you getting beaten in the street
I would stop them hurting you
And I'd finish the job with my own words
Make you feel that much worse
Worse than any beating could
Leave you with more scars than cuts and bruises could
If I saw you getting beaten in the street
I wouldn't let them hurt
That privilege is reserved for me
And I would bleed in sympathy
I want you to hurt my way
Want you to hurt my way and feel the way I do

All my energy, wasted on hate
Wish it wasn't mine

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from David Poe, released September 15, 1997
David Poe, voice & guitar
Sim Cain, drums
John Abbey, bass

Horns arranged by Daryll Leonard

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David Poe Los Angeles, California

"DAVID POE gives the singer-songwriter genre a much-needed jolt"
- Rolling Stone 

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-Harp magazine

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-Time Out! New York

"[Songs] like miniature novels."
- The London Independent

Composer fellow
- Sundance Institute 2009

Winner
- Lunas del Auditorio award 2011

Sundance Film Festival 2008 - 11
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