In Spite of All the Damage - The Be Good Tanyas

Give up the fight And let me be free Everyone has their own depiction Of who they want me to be Every empty sentence spewing out your mouth Brings me closer to awakening the darkness in me The constant war against myself Is this really who I am deep down? Accept your fate and wear the crown I spoke to your God last night And begged him to erase my mind Earth shattering silence Loomed me with my answer I am (I am) I am The root of all evil It's in my nature To destroy all that of which I loathe I hate when the birds sing I hate to see what the new day brings I reject forced harmony I couldn't care less about the human race I am (I am) I am The root of all evil While you ignore your instincts I'll dominate at the top of the food chain I killed a man last night He prayed to his God I spare his life Unforgiving violence Was the only thing that answered I am (I am) I am The root of all evil It's just my nature To murder everyone who's in my way Murder everyone who's in my way I am the root of all evil And i will murder everyone that's in my way I am the the root of all evil

I know that there's nights I stay out too late And times I forget to call It's true I might argue at the drop of a hat Or make a big deal out of nothing at all I'm not much for rules but I'm faithful and true She knows on the inside I'm good What she sees in me ain't half as important As what she overlooks And I wouldn't blame her if she said goodbye Cause she ain't like nobody else And I must be the luckiest man alive Cause she loves me in spite of myself I know she must wonder if she made the right choice And sometimes I wonder too It must be hard watchin' a man like me Trying to make all of her dreams come true I promised the moon and the stars in the sky On the night that she promised her love And I haven't come through though I'm trying to She says that's more than enough And I wouldn't blame her if she said goodbye Cause she ain't like nobody else And I must be the luckiest man alive Cause she loves me in spite of myself In spite of myself

Well, I come from Alabama with My banjo on my knee I'm goin' to Louisiana my True love for to see It rained all night the day I left The weather was bone dry And the sun so hot I froze to death Susanna, don't you cry Oh Susanna Don't you cry for me I come from Alabama with My banjo on my knee Well, I had a dream the other night When everything was still I dreamed I saw Susanna A-comin' down the hill A buckwheat cake was in her mouth A tear was in her eye I said "I'm comin' from the south Susanna, don't you cry" Oh Susanna Don't you cry for me I come from Alabama with My banjo on my knee Well, I soon will be at New Orleans and when I do arrive I'll go and find our Susanna If she is still alive And if I do not find that girl Well, I will surely die Oo, when I'm buried in my grave Susanna, don't you cry Oh Susanna Don't you cry for me I come from Alabama with My banjo on my knee