Faithful

from Five Songs with Nate by Charlie Shaw

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Faithful

I’m put out like a fire in the wind and snow
And I'm covered like a drifter nobody knows
But I'm faithful, faithful to me

She's burned out like a horse in summertime hot
She's a pool in the distance, a fading mirage
But she's faithful, faithful to me

I've tried so hard to believe,
That nothing’s really happening,
Nothing has happened to me.

In ordinary time,
I'm not the man who cries,
I'm leaning on the arms that set me free.

But when the chips are piled high,
and the bullet starts to bite,
All hail the one who's looking out for me.

Its nothing that I like to remember at night
Everything about last December was right
And it's faithful, faithful to me

So cut me like a wire, it's centerfold time,
Hit me with a whiff of black smoke in my eyes
Cause it's faithful, faithful to me

Tell me you got something just to get by
Tell me you got something that will
Fade out the blue of the sky.

In ordinary time,
I'm not the man who cries,
I'm leaning on the arms that set me free.

But when the chips are piled high,
and the bullet starts to bite,
All hail the one who's looking out for me.

So take me to the edge and I'll cast out my lots
I'm sleeping in the canyon until I get caught
it's faithful, faithful to me

Take me to the edge and I'll cast out my lots
I've been sleeping in the canyon and I've never been caught.
It's faithful, faithful to me.

In ordinary time,
I'm not the man who cries,
I'm leaning on the arms that set me free.

But when the chips are piled high,
and the bullet starts to bite,
All hail the one who's looking out for me.

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from Five Songs with Nate, released June 9, 2023

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Charlie Shaw Portland, Oregon

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