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Deviation Road

from Deviation Road by Nathan Seeckts

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Well I used to work the cement works
Til they closed in 2001
Then we spent most our days at the Western
Backing last place at 40 to 1.
You worked the bar and the tables
Your cheeks flushed with red when you’re near
As you leant in real close, and whispered so low
That I was the only one to hear

I just want you by my side
For now and forever more
Down by the reservoir
We drank til quarter to three
And swore that we’d run away
From this town one day

Your mother was not too approving
Your father was too drunk to care
He’d not been the same since he’d been retrenched
A shell of a man unaware
But we were so young and so foolish
Wrapped up in our own little world
Knocked sideways by news at the doctors
That in eight months we’d welcome a girl

I just need you by my side
For now and forever more
Down by the reservoir
We talked til quarter to three
And swore that we’d run away
From this town one day

But this ain’t no fairytale
As life never is
They said “There’s complications,
Your wife didn’t make it….
But your daughter did…”

I’ve got our girl by my side
For now and forever more
Down by the reservoir
She’s asking questions of me
Bout the lady who passed away
So that she could stay

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from Deviation Road, released October 27, 2011
Music & Lyrics: N. Seeckts

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Nathan Seeckts Geelong, Australia

Seemingly hewn from Bellarine Peninsula basalt, Seeckts’ vocal is imbued with all the heart worn grit of Steve Earle, grounding songs that are alternately heaving, shivering and jangling with feeling. Whether punching out a heartland belter or immersed in a nostalgic reverie, Nathan Seeckts delivers immense humanity, compassion, and catharsis. ... more

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