Wrong Side of Town

from Whatever the Jungle by Eric Dahl

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Wrong Side of Town

© 1998 by Eric Dahl

We were just sitting here drinking
on a Saturday night,
this guy came in,
seemed alright,
we got room for a stranger,
even with a manicured beard,
we got some room for acting weird.
but one thing you just never do
is pull a knife in a tavern,
specially when you got no friends with you—
one’s to start thinking clearly,
two’s to put it down,
or three you’re in a lotta trouble
on the wrong side of town.

I just stood there lookin him in the eye,
Davy Behn moved over slowly at his side,
then Mike Mason, he’s always been an ass,
dove for him with an empty glass,
and I can’t say what happened,
things were spinning around,
he caught me here on my shoulder
but we got him down,
maybe things got rougher than they needed to be,
but he’s still breathing, and he can still see.

If your hot, might not wanna hang around,
gonna be a lotta questions about what came down,
one thing you just never do
is pull a knife in a tavern,
specially when you got no friends with you—
one’s to start thinking clearly,
two’s to put it down,
or three you’re in a lotta trouble
on the wrong side of town.

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from Whatever the Jungle, released July 1, 1998

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Eric Dahl Seattle, Washington

His music ranges from acoustic neo-rockabilly to thoughtful and reflective with a voice somewhere between Johnny Cash and Lou Reed.

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