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Jack Davey

from The Red Coats by Brillig

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ABOUT THIS TRACK: Brillig's signature tune. An old fashioned waltz time ballad about the title character's life as gambler & murderer.

lyrics

LYRICS:
The cards spelled out maybe
but not for Jack Davey
His daughters & sons to the creek used to run
His sons & his daughters drowned in muddy waters He knew in his heart…
The damage was done
The damage was done

He knew in his heart that the choice had been made He took out a rag, a club & a spade
It shone like a diamond in the mud at his feet
Her face looked alive…
But her heart didn’t beat
Her heart didn’t beat

Her face looked alive but her lips they were coal
And onward the spade dug deeper the hole
You ask me why, I’ll speak if I must
“Ashes to Ashes & Dust to Dust…
Dust to Dust”

Ashes to Ashes, time fades away
The hand we are dealt is the hand we must play Their lives were all over at just Twenty One
The cards spelled out maybe…
Maybe this one maybe this one
maybe this one

The cards spelled out maybe
but not for Jack Davey
His daughters & sons to the creek used to run
His sons & his daughters drowned in muddy waters He knew in his heart that this was the one…
This was the one
This hand was the one
This hand was the one

he cards spelled out maybe
but not for Jack Davey…

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from The Red Coats, released February 21, 2010
M. Swayne / E. Reid / D. Meredith

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Brillig SA, Australia

"If you know what Cohen, Cash & Cave have in common, it's right here” - Periplaneta, Germany

For those who like folk tales deliciously dark yet strangely uplifting, look no further than acclaimed trio Brillig, who share their penchant for sea shanties, murder ballads & beautifully tragic gothic folk tales with festival crowds across Europe, Australia + New Zealand and airwaves around the globe. ... more

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