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I Prefer Wakin' Up (To Comin'To)

from Clean Getaway by Ricky Byrd

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I PREFER WAKIN’ UP TO COMIN’ TO

BYRD/2016

BACK IN THE DAY
I LIVED A ROUGH AND TUMBLE LIFE
SPENT MY DAYS SLEEPIN’ OFF
THE THINGS I DID LAST NIGHT
DRINKIN’ AND A DRUGGIN’
ALWAYS ON THE MEND
I’D FEEL A LITTLE BETTER
START IT UP AGAIN
I WAS HEADED FOR THE GREAT BEYOND
THAT’S FOR SURE
BUT I CHANGED MY WAYS
I’M GRATEFUL THROUGH AND THROUGH
CAUSE I PREFER WAKIN’ UP TA’ COMIN’ TO

SO MANY CLOSE CALLS
WHERE I ALMOST BOUGHT THE FARM
WHEN THE DOCTORS BROUGHT ME BACK
I COMPLAINED MY BUZZ WAS GONE
A DEDICATED JUNKIE
IN PURSUIT OF GETTING’ HIGH
MY FRIENDS WERE TAKIN’ EVEN ODDS
I WAS SOON TO DIE
EVERYONE COULD READ THE WRITIN’
ON THE WALL BUT ME
I’M BLESSED DESPERATION
BEAT ME BLACK AND BLUE
CAUSE I PREFER WAKIN’ UP TA’ COMIN’ TO


I WOULD SMOKE IT, SNORT IT, FINELY GROUND
SHOOT IT, BOOT IT, CHASE IT DOWN
POP DEM PILLS, GUZZLE THAT BOOZE
PASS ME THE TORCH
I’M GONNA LIGHT THAT FUSE

THE LIFE HAD ITS WAY WITH ME
BUT ALL THAT’S IN THE PAST
HELP WAS ALWAYS OUT THERE
I ONLY HAD TO ASK
IT TOOK A WHILE TO RIGHT MYSELF
SURRENDER WAS THE KEY
HAD TO TAKE A LEAP OF FAITH
TO FIND THE BETTER ME
BUT I WAS STARIN’ DOWN THE BARREL OF A LOADED GUN
A GONER FOR SURE
I CHANGED MY LIFE
SOMETHIN’ I JUST HAD TO DO
CAUSE I PREFER WAKIN’ UP TA’ COMIN’ TO (9X)

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from Clean Getaway, released October 20, 2017

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Ricky Byrd New York, New York

*RnR Hall of Fame Inductee with JJ & The Blackhearts

*In Recovery since 1987

*Performed, Recorded and/or Toured with JJ and The Blackhearts, Roger Daltrey, Ian Hunter, Southside Johnny, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr,Alice Cooper, Mavis Staples, Smokey Robinson to name a few.

*Cd’s
Tough Room This World (Live) - 2001
Lifer - 2013
Clean Getaway - 2017

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