We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

In The Dead Of The Night

from Desire Lines by Valentine Black

/
  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Comes in a high quality digi-pack with original artwork by Dave McDermott.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Desire Lines via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 2 days
    edition of 300 
    Purchasable with gift card

      €10 EUR or more 

     

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      €0.50 EUR  or more

     

about

A murder ballad...

lyrics

In the dead of the night
(Every second line is ‘In the dead of the night, in the dead of the night’)

Lord won’t you save me from my desires
I don’t always tell the truth but I ain’t no liar
Consumed by passion, it burns inside
I gotta a woman in the country and she drive me wild.

Her father’s people came from Inis Mor,
She used to hitch up her skirt as she tipped through the shore,
Well we arranged a midnight rendevouz,
So I could give her my love the way young lovers do.

I was drinking whiskey, I was drinking beer
I was rolling numbers, I was bending ears,
I was stretching time the way young men do,
And one for the road became one or two.

Well another man, he got there first,
No he didn’t rob her, no he did much worse,
He took her youth and then he took her life,
And then he went home to his kids and his wife.

Well the guilty man, the Lord he knows,
And the bigger the secret the more people it shows,
I took my Daddy’s gun from neath the bed,
And I shot him and I shot him till I shor him dead.

Well Lord won’t you save me from my desires,
Love and hate they burn like fire,
Some things you can’t control no matter how you try
I got a woman in the country and she drive me wild

credits

from Desire Lines, track released February 14, 2012
Valentine Black (P Mc Loughlin): vocals, acoustic guitar.
Philly Kennedy: bass
Mick Cross: drums
Dave Robinson: electric lead guitar
Robert MacLeod: electric guitar, piano/keyboards, string/brass arrangements.
Petra Lexova: violins
William Palmer: trumpet
Dead of the night singers: Derek Matthews, Mick Cross, Paddy McDermott, Fran Myles, Siobhan Odomusu, Mickey McHugh, Emma McLoughlin

Produced by Robert MacLeod and P Mc Loughlin
Engineered by Richie Corcoran at Resolution Recordings Dublin
Mastered by Barry Woodward at Dining Room Music London

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Valentine Black Ireland

Folk and pop tinged indie-rock songs.
Valentine Black's music mixes the heart of Springsteen, the head of Dylan, the guts of The Clash and the drama of Bowie...well you have to be ambitious!

contact / help

Contact Valentine Black

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Report this track or account

Valentine Black recommends:

If you like Valentine Black, you may also like: