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Devil Word
by Glenn Currier
Come on back from that purple ridge
Come on back from that purple ridge,
come back now.
When I said that word,
that awful word
that devil love.
We can make it, we can make it loud.
We can break it, can forsake it proud.
When I call on that Friday night
you say come on.
When I touch your skin
you let me in
we makin love.
We can make it, we can make it loud.
We can break it, can forsake it proud.
But you said oh please don't say that word
you said, "Oh now
you just blow my brain
forget my pain
we makin love.
We can make it, we can make it loud
we can break it, can forsake it proud.
Then that word on a cool blue night
You said, "Oh now!"
let me get my car
don't know who you are
that devil love.
We can make love, we can tell you how
but can't say love, word's a devil now.
07/06/2003 Author's Note: This is my first try at what MIGHT be song lyrics. I heard Rosie Florez sing Devil Love on NPR and it mesmerized me. Looked up and saw the purple sunset and got the idea.
Posted on 07/07/2003
Copyright © 2025 Glenn Currier
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Max Bouillet on 07/07/03 at 03:43 PM This has great flow and the potential refrain is memorable... great word-crafting. |
| Posted by Alex Smyth on 07/08/03 at 02:52 AM It is very rythmic, I caught myself tapping foot before I got to the author's notes! |
| Posted by Charles E Minshall on 08/11/03 at 04:06 AM Swing it man.....Charlie |
| Posted by Mara Meade on 08/11/03 at 12:58 PM Durn, how I wish I could write the blues... I'd put this to music for you! Awesome stuff, Glenn! |
| Posted by Jeanne Marie Hoffman on 08/14/03 at 12:53 AM It flows like a song, so good luck with it! :) |
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