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I used to drink whiskey to kill the late night blues
A bottle of the black stuff always got me through
Then one day I realized I was gonna have to choose
Like whiskey, you're bad for me

I got into the cocaine, I lived to get high
Another dark horse runnin' lookin' for a better way to fly
After years of hard living, from the truth I couldn't hide
Like cocaine, you're bad for me

You're a shot of 90 proof, you're a needle in my vein
A wreck out on the highway, and I can't look away
You're a dangerous curve, a dead end road
The highest high, the lowest low
It took this long for me to finally see, you're bad for me

I was born a speed demon, I loved to drive fast
I was addicted to the wind and the blacktop rushing past
They say I was lucky, I walked away without a scratch
Like speed, you're bad for me

You're a shot of 90 proof, you're a needle in my vein
A wreck out on the highway, and I can't look away
You're a dangerous curve, a dead end road
The highest high, the lowest low
It took this long for me to finally see, you're bad for me

Some broken pieces never fit, some heartaches never mend
And the things we want the most can hurt us in the end

You're a shot of 90 proof, you're a needle in my vein
A wreck out on the highway, and I can't look away
You're a dangerous curve, a dead end road
The highest high, the lowest low
It took this long for me to finally see, you're bad for me
Yeah, it took this long for me to finally see, you're bad for me

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from Pawnshop Guitar: A Poet's Prayer, released September 9, 2017

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Todd Sterling Olds, Alberta

With his 2014 debut Road Songs, singer-songwriter Todd Sterling showcased the honky tonk side of his personality.

2017’s Pawnshop Guitar: A Poet’s Prayer found the singer-songwriter straddling the world’s of country and rock.

Fast forward to 2020. Sterling digs even deeper in the creative dirt for Dark Horses: The Acoustic Sessions. A sparse collection – one guitar/one voice. ... more

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