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Don't Look

by Henry Derek Elis

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1.
Don't Look 03:58
Don’t Look As a man, I got four walls and a jail to keep me in With these hellhounds on my trail, It’s so hard to make a friend I’ve got troubles up ahead, I’ve gone and lost my way I sold my soul for Rock & Roll and now it’s trouble everyday I’m doing time, but I’m doing fine, This time Lord I’ll be willing, I ain’t calling you mine I ain’t calling you mine, This time just keeps on telling Don’t look too close, cause you might see a ghost I ain’t no one that you’d ever want to know But you could be a lover that I could get used to I’m restless and unraveled cause I’m out here on my own I take the road less traveled and keep searching for a song I’m crawling down the highway with a gun up to my head If it’s God’s plan then I’ll be goddamn, I’m dead here where I stand
2.
Turn Of The Screw Just like the song we’ve all heard before I’m going to California with an aching in my heart When I get myself back home to Georgia I think I’ll have a brand new start I’ll be going no place if you ever want to go With my sad happy face, I’m a big little girl The turn of the screw at the top of the world Well my sister, she is my brother and my Pa, he is my mother I’ll be there come some sunny Sunday That ain’t never soon enough Just like the song we’ve all heard before I feel like there’s somebody watching me and I’m not alone When I get myself back home to Georgia I think I’ll have a brand new start I’ll be going no place if you ever want to go I heard you say, I think you said, I heard you say You are not alone I was only 14, but I was listening You are not alone
3.
Ain’t Giving Up I’m gonna take the long way home tonight So I can see all those pretty lights I just love that LA skyline It’s so ominous and beautiful at the same time But sometimes when I’ve got no place to go I stumble in a barroom looking for a heart to call my home I say I will but I never do, It’s easy to change, Just make up your mind I’ll never heal, but I’ve got to choose to break the chains You’re the reason to try, I swear this time No matter what I do, Ain’t giving up on you I still wrestle with these demons in my head You know, I used to answer all their calls Now I talk to you instead It ain’t easy for a man to be alone I tried so hard to redeem myself Even admit that I was wrong
4.
Call Of The Wild When it comes time for leaving, I just can’t ever stay still I drink till it’s empty, No I just can’t ever get my fill I stay up all night out messing around I gotta kill this pain I feel and settle on down Babe, I won’t blame you if you leave me behind Oh, but you always knew I was the rambling kind It’s the call of the wild, I howl at the moon I sleep out with them dogs and I cry out like That old lone wolf The booze tried to kill me along with the cocaine and pills I gotta get on out of this town or I never will
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Loose Women 06:20
Loose Women There’s a bible on the table, but I don’t read it anymore Cause I don’t believe it anymore, This time I must be traveling on You see, I’m finally done with fables, cause I don’t need to ‘em anymore No, I don’t believe ‘em anymore, cause this time I must be traveling on I’ve had my fill of loose women on my trail Spinning their wheels, Lord I’ve had all I can stand But give me a barstool and I’ll be your damn fool again Cause I’m fucked up and weary, but I’ve got so much love I can give And I say Good Morning to the night, I may never get these things right Each day I come closer to you, I hope you know I know you feel it too All the stars in that North Country shine just for you But in my heart I know it’s a mistake, cause you said you’d never want to leave But babe if you stay, I just know there’s gonna be hell to pay
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Set Me Free 04:46
Set Me Free I got your letter sometime last week But I haven’t read it, I guess I’m too week I hope you feel better, cause it’s been too long Stay warm in this weather and try to stay strong These things take time, Any peace I may find I’m still chasing that dream down to an early grave The pain will subside, Don’t worry I’m fine I’ll keep plugging away and be buried just the same Oh no, Please set me free I beg and I pray Oh my love, Please set me free This heart’s like a prison, cause it’s turned to stone But I have to forgive you and let go of what’s gone I hope something’s better on down that road When it comes to family, I’ll carry that load

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released September 14, 2018

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Henry Derek Elis Los Angeles, California

Henry started creating acoustic based folk music under the moniker : To The Boy Elis, a reference from the Austrian born poet Georg Trakl. His love for roots & folk music eventually inspired him to take on a more sophisticated approach to the craft.

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