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BLACK ICE

Dark little roads
Leading down
To empty homes
Warmed by nothing but the glow
Of old television shows

I waited outside your house
I never saw you come in or go out
Darling, you must know
These roads
Can’t be travelled alone.

So beware of the black ice, darling
It could burn your heart
Beware of the black ice, darling
Tonight it’s got me falling apart

I treated you like kin
A kind soul
to a vagabond I’d taken in
charity never forgets
what tragedy gives

But beware of the black ice, darling
It’s in your eyes and your skin
Beware of the black ice, darling
I knew I’d never see you again

Last night I had a dream
Well, I had to testify
At the trial
Of your life
Someone said you must like him
You’re his wife
What was he like?

I paused and I prayed
I begged forgiveness and yeah
Forgiveness was made
I only see him certain times of the night
I loved him, and his touch was like
His touch was black ice

I told them you were black ice, baby
Yeah fuckin’ A right
But they misunderstood me, baby
‘ cos black ice is what I like
I told them you were black ice, baby
It’s absolutely true
You were my black ice, baby
I hope I was black ice to you.

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from Catholic School, released September 7, 2018
From: JOEY SWEENEY & THE NEON GREASE · CATHOLIC SCHOOL

Produced by Ray Ketchem and Joey Sweeney
at Magic Door Montclair NJ

Joey Sweeney — guitars, vocals
Jared Styles — bass
Alec Meltzer — drums
Kevin Bohannon — saxophone
Alan Carroll — keys
with:
Renée LoBue — vocals

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Joey Sweeney Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Joey Sweeney has recorded and performed as a solo artist, with The Barnabys and The Trouble With Sweeney, receiving widespread critical acclaim; of his last record with The Trouble With Sweeney, Pitchfork said “[Sweeney] mixes autobiography and fiction against the group’s 70s-inflected indie pop, resourceful— and unabashed— enough to digress into an E Street interlude or an AM-rock guitar coda.” ... more

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