Asphalt (The Badman Suite)

Listen to Asphalt by Richard Charles Stevens (The Badman Suite)

Listen to The Badman Is Robbin’ by Hijack

Devil’s in the detail
Miss a trick and swiftly derail
Play apt pupil
Act with scruples
Beat the odds when they quadruple
.
Devil’s in the detail
Miss a trick and swiftly derail
Play apt pupil
Act with scruples
Beat the odds when they quadruple
.
Once it appeared I was headed for hell
Time saving shortcuts
I knew them all well
A lifetime of tales
But no story to tell
Hanging lopsided
Standing divided
Damned
Uninvited
The night the skies fell
.
For all the toil and the strife life put me through
I strive delightedly
Thrive each dawn anew
No longer torn
For adored all thoughts anew
Enshrine the light divine sight implores renew
.
Painted on its pallid lips
The moon it wore a placid kiss
Within which was a secret fit to tell
I closed my eyes
And leaned in close
No charge consigned
No tongue verbose
As one inclined
To leap in blind
I yearned to move
In fluid time
.
Weaving pure light
Through the Stygian skies
A ballad of dignified grace
At high tide
Stars all about me
Beholding my rise
To place transcendental of space and time
.
Tainted not this ageless orb
The sun absorbed my deepest thoughts
Within which was a secret caught in two minds
Then pulled taut
Divorced
.
Breathing fresh air
In the cold light of day
No longer fasting
And wasting away
Stars all about me
Upholding my claim
From brink of collapse and residual pain
.
Devil’s in the detail
Miss a trick and swiftly derail
Play apt pupil
Act with scruples
Beat the odds when they quadruple
.
Devil’s in the detail
Miss a trick and swiftly derail
Play apt pupil
Act with scruples
Beat the odds when they quadruple
.
For all the toil and the strife life put me through
I strive delightedly
Thrive each dawn anew
No longer torn
For adored all thoughts anew
Enshrine the light divine sight implores renew
.
Devil’s in the detail
Devil’s in the detail
.
Weaving pure light
Through the Stygian skies
A ballad of dignified grace
At high tide
Stars all about me
Beholding my rise
To place transcendental of space and time
.
Stars all about me
Beholding my rise
To place transcendental of space and time
.