Real Dark Place

Written by Dean Hall and Kathi Whitley
Produced by Dean Hall

Dean Hall — vocals, all guitars, and bass
Jeff Lewis — background vocals
Dennis Wage — B-3
Chad Cromwell — drums
Mark Polack — drum-track­ing engineer (Lamplight Studio)
Chris Haseleu — overdub engineer (MTSU’s Studio A)
Dean Hall — mix and overdub engineer (Mule Studio)
Andrew Mendelson—mastering engineer (Georgetown Masters)

Lyrics: Real Dark Place

In a run down bar on the bad side of town
Black paint on the windows a little blood shed on the ground
Iniquity’s den for the questionably sane
She left me there in a real dark place

She had midnight hair and emerald eyes
The devil’s daughter in an angel disguise
She stole my soul and let me fall from grace
When she left me there in a real dark place

A real dark place with trouble all around
I take another drink from the chains that weigh me down
I would walk right out if I could find my way
But she left me there in a real dark place

I hear screams of silence but whisky dulls the sound
Like seeds hope sewn on a fool’s sacred ground
Where glorified redemption disappears without a trace
She left me there in a real dark place

It’s the same old faces same damn lies
No point of deviation from the charlatans or the wise
The shadow of perdition keeps the light from my face
She left me there in a real dark place

A real dark place with trouble all around
I take another drink from the chains that weigh me down
I would walk right out if I could find my way
But she left me there in a real dark place

Now the devil’s in the corner and he waits to get his due
I’m running out of time that I wasted in my youth
I tried to understand what makes it so misunderstood
Give me one more drink and I’ll be gone for good

To a real dark place
A real dark place
A real dark place