This is a collaboration with Len. He sent me the lyric first and it took awhile for the basic melody.
Lyrics
Dark Before The Dawn
Alan Gentle/Don Sechelski
Sitting in the dark with a stone cold letter
A drink and a pill thinking which would taste better
You can start wishing you had never been born
In the dark before the dawn.
The past rises up, chokes and it strangles
Mind to numb to untie the tangles
Each time your turn you're torn by thorns
In the dark before the dawn
A man can get lost in the paths he crosses
Measuring himself by the wins and the losses
All at sea in the storms that form
In the dark before the dawn.
Tag
Make your excuse but it's getting old
Call back the lies but everyone's sold
Panning your soul for one ounce of gold
In the dark before the dawn
