Damned If I Do, Damned If I Don't (Audiotree Live Version) - Sarah Shook & the Disarmers

Damned If We Do Damned If We Don't Damned If We Do Damned If We Don't All right Mama said "Son, don't you be fool It's time to face the golden rule Cut your hair, finish school and be all right" I said "Momma, stop preaching 'bout a nine to five Three piece suits and all that jive I really care, so dry your eyes It's time to live my life" Oh no I'm going crazy Oh no But I don't care Oh no We'll be Damned if we do, damned if we don't Damned if we do, damned if we don't Now I'm out on the road Hey, I'm in your town I'm in control, you can't get me down I need a woman, I know what's right Fighting no more, God knows how I've tried Oh no Can you take it? Oh no Don't fake it Oh no We'll be Damned if we do, damned if we don't Damned if we do, damned if we don't We're all Damned if we do, damned if we don't Oh, now listen You know what I'm talking about It's time to lead my life All the way I want to! Oh no Ooh My mommas going crazy Oh no My daddy's insane Oh no Damned if we do, damned if we don't Damned if we do, damned if we don't Well, I'll be Damned if we do, damned if we don't Get off my trees Damned if we do, damned if we don't Can't you see I'm rockin' and rollin' Damned if we do, damned if we don't That's right, say bye-bye Damned if we do, damned if we don't Well, I'll be damned Damned if we do, damned if we don't

I ain't got a heart of stone I'm hurtin' more now than I've ever known If you mean the things you've said I'm gonna wind up outta my head Can't sleep alone at night I just can't seem to get it right Damned if I do Damned if I don't, but I love you I don't wanna tie you down Don't need a reason to have you around But each time you walk away Don't be surprised if I ask you to stay Can't sleep alone at night I just can't seem to get it right Damned if I do And I'm damned if I don't, but I love you I said I'm damned if I do And I'm damned if I don't, 'cause I love you I ain't got a heart of stone You haven't left me a mind of my own But it's got such a hold on me I don't think I could ever be free How can I survive? I'm fighting to keep myself alive I'm damned if I do Damned if I don't, but I love you Can't seem to see the light I've done everything, but I can't get it right Damned if I do Damned if I don't, but I love you

She damned if she do She damned if she don't If history hang hang hangs her well Her memory won't There's been a perception Of sweet hearts passing through Some of them left no trace at all Some left her black and blue She come alive when she dying She come alive when she dying She come alive when she on her last legs She come alive when she dying She come alive when she on her last legs She damned if she will She damned if she won't Some of them left in one piece And some she damn near broke And I am no stranger to the strange all his ways What could be stranger than to be stuck outside your cage She come alive when she dying She come alive when she dying She come alive when she on her last legs She come alive when she dying She come alive when she on her deathbed She come alive when she on her deathbed She come alive when she dying She come alive when she dying She come alive when she on her last legs She come alive when she dying She come alive when she on her deathbed She come alive when she on her deathbed She come alive when she dying She come alive when she dying She come alive when she dying

Well, here comes trouble in a pair of tight jeans Fit to be tied bustin' at the seams Got a bead on me, she's a shootin' this way I'm under the gun should I run or stay? On one hand I'm thinkin' that I better lay low But then on the other what a way to go What kind of fix have I got me into? I'm darned if I don't, danged if I do She's got me wide-eyed tongue-tied beside myself I'm tore up talk me down I might need help Hold me back boys, I ain't thinkin' straight My head's cryin' run but my heart's sayin' wait On one hand I'm thinkin' that I better lay low But then on the other what a way to go What kind of fix have I got me into? I'm darned if I don't, danged if I do Yeah, on one hand I'm thinkin' that I better lay low But then on the other what a way to go What kind of fix have I got me into? I'm darned if I don't, danged if I do Yeah, on one hand I'm thinkin' that I better lay low But then on the other what a way to go What kind of fix have I got me into? Well, I'm darned if I don't, danged if I do Yeah, I'm darned if I don't, danged if I do Yeah, I'm darned if I don't, danged if I do

Every day you tell me I'm a drunkard And every night you lie awake and stew I never claimed to be anything other, darling 'Cause the bottle never lets me down the way you do Every night I sit 'til sun-up drinkin' And every day I wait for night to fall So I can clear the darkest mem'ries from my recollection And hear no sounds and feel nothing at all The bottle never lets me down You won't find it running round In the darkest corners of this town Away from me No, I keep this bottle close in hand It's the only thing left that I got that I can Make me feel the man I used to be I never want to remember the joy you bought me Oh, I how used to laugh, all of the things we'd do I've forgotten all about the things that could be, darling 'Cause the bottle never lets me down the way you do The bottle never lets me down You won't find it running round In the darkest corners of this town Away from me No, I keep this bottle close in hand It's the only thing left that I got that I can Make me feel the man I used to be Make me feel the man Make me feel the man Make me feel the man I used to be

Skippin' cracks in the sidewalk Kickin' cracks in my head Keep on stickin' to my block Stuck on a loop I got bones in my backyard So I stay shut up in my house Got a five for a high card Got a gun in case I gotta go out Talkin' to myself about it Talkin' to myself I didn't mean to go on about it Lookin' at cats on the corner Pills in the kitchen for my cough Bad shit goin' down on the border Bad brain don't ever turn off

Down in the valley where I started to pine Buried by the weight of each day But I picked me a mountain and I started to climb Now every reason has a rhyme I'm up here in the atmosphere (I got this) The sun is shinin' and my eyes are clear (I got this) I can see all a my problems from here (I got this) I got this In the hush of the mornin' in the misty still When all of the pages are blank Write you a story you can proudly tell They say the best revenge is living well

You ain't got no way of knowin' what you got until it's gone My baby she sure showed me But every I find myself all down and out I realise I am to blame to some degree Well I ain't makin' no mistakes like the last time I ain't just keepin' you around as a pastime I swear I won't take you for granted I get I don't deserve demandin' Baby please give me one last try Well I gave my best and fell short by a mile And no man got no business tellin' you to smile But I'm the one who brought you down can't I make it up somehow? I'd give anything I own to reconcile Well I ain't makin' no mistakes like the last time I ain't just keepin' you around as a pastime I swear I won't take you for granted I get I don't deserve demandin' Baby please give me one last try Well I ain't makin' no mistakes like the last time I ain't just keepin' you around as a pastime I swear I won't take you for granted I get I don't deserve demandin' Baby please give me one last try Baby please give me one last try Baby please give me one last try

The devil on your shoulder is your only friend There he sits just to remind you all good things come to an end And you can fight it with the thoughts you think and the words you say It doesn't change anything You been left to your own devices And oh yes they're all vices And there's no one comin' to overturn the tables Lord knows you'd leave it all behind if you were able I've walked the path you wander now and I know it well Each step a reminder, each day a hazy hell God is dead and heaven's silent, death has lost its sting It doesn't change anything The bottle and the needle reign Where memories are deafening And there's no one comin' to overturn the tables Lord knows you'd leave it all behind if you were able