Lunatic Baby

from Overdrive Express (Deluxe Edition) by Tom Savage Trio

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lyrics

stark raving mad i'm a lunatic baby
but you don't want to get the wrong impression of me
i'm wanted in 49 and a half states baby
the only place that they don't want me is in southern Tennessee

i was born into a low budget Hollywood movie
my daddy wore a sixgun and did what he pleased
my mama tried to raise me as best as she could
but her best wasn't good enough so you get what you see

we'd move from town to town, daddy'd get himself to workin'
but then he'd end up robbin' the local liquor store
one day he shot the store clerk and he ended up in prison
then all that was left was my poor mama and me

my daddy got the chair, my mama found religion
i found the keys to his pickup, an '89 Ford
i rolled down the interstate, lay waste to all that i saw
an angry little boy, my mama's demon seed

now you don't have to wonder why i am the way i am
it's the cards that i was dealt, that's how it's got to be
once you step inside this truck your world is changed forever
'cause i don't let nobody take nothin' from me

stark, ravin', mad, i'm a lunatic baby

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from Overdrive Express (Deluxe Edition), released July 23, 2021
words and music by Tom Savage

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Tom Savage is what one might refer to as a triple-threat. One part truth-telling troubadour, one part death-defying guitar slinger, and one part Country Blues howler. Each facet of his formidable on-stage persona carefully crafted over a 20+ year devotion to the composition and performance of song. Tom is a true believer. A disciple of melody and harmony and tempo and timbre. ... more

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