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The Drifter (quietly)

from The Late Album by David Poe

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THE DRIFTER
by David Poe
© 2004 Charming Martyr/BMI.

You took me like a drifter takes a friend
I'll never be that honest again
When it seems like nothing's going to change
Then your world comes crashing down
Uh-huh

Your friends accommodate your darker phase
Then you find it's been 100 days
When's the last time you remember feeling safe
You're surrounded by assassins in this place
But you wanted to be here and I'm amazed

If I appear in every story that you tell, that you tell
How can you say that I don't know you well
Wasn't I the one who caught you when you fell, when you fell
How can you say that I don't treat you well
When I'm ringing out your name like a bell, like a bell
How can you say that I don't wish you well?
I wish you well

You get that lonely feeling at the door
Even though you've left this place before
'Cause the truth is you won't care anyore
Till your world is crashing down ...

If I appear in every story that you tell, that you tell
How can you say that I don't know you well
Wasn't I the one who caught you when you fell, when you fell
How can you say that I don't treat you well
When I'm ringing out your name like a bell, like a bell
How can you say that I don't wish you well?
I wish you well

credits

from The Late Album, released July 30, 2002
David Poe, voice & guitar
Jenifer Jackson, harmony vocals
Morgan taylor, harmony vocals

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David Poe Los Angeles, California

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

"The make-out record of the year”
-Harp magazine

"The major domo of songwriters"
-Village Voice

"The perfect man"
-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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