Sweet Release Boz Scaggs

[Verse 1]
I was born on a side road far from here
While the town was burning out my dark window
I was crowned with a cage of cold barbed wire
And my bottle I keep with me even 'til now

[Verse 2]
Curse my pain, curse the sunrise every dawn, oh
Oh, those sidewalks ran me ragged, yeah, those cracks my only guide
Long for midnight, long for darkness, sweet release, woah
Beg the alleys for your endless time to cease

[Verse 3]
Screaming blackbird on my shoulders
Mark my nearness to his youth, oh
Left my senses reeling
As he cried, "I understand you", oh

[Bridge]
(Ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah
Sweet release
Ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah
Sweet release)