I Know A Place... - Michael McDermott

I know a place, its down in Texas

Its up near Fort Worth, called The Thorny Crown

I was there, in the late Nineties

When I was rovin' town to town

I’m not sure if its still there

I kinda doubt it would be

I woke up that morning, with blood on my pillow

Sometimes you need the chains to get free

I know a place, in Mississippi

Called Hal and Mal’s I think its Tupelo

Or was it Jackson, or maybe Biloxi, or Tunica

Hell, I don’t know

All I remember, was the feelin'

That i wouldn’t make it out of there alive

Because sometimes, you need the darkness

In order to ever see the light

So many miles I have traveled

So many a dim lit bar

Because when things, start to unravel

You’re gonna find out who you are

I know a place, on the upper west side

In New York City, The Dublin' House its name

I met a girl there, on 9−11

Her name was Jill, or Judy, or Jane

She was younger, she was wilder than me

She thought she was smarter than everyone

Over a pint, she said around midnight

«Sometimes you gotta lose, to know when you’ve won»

I don’t know why, they call it Stanley’s

It’s in Chicago, and Donnie is the man

When I was strugglin and I had no money

Donnie Kruse lended me his hand

10 years later, I’m still working

Providing for my daughter and wife

Because sometimes, you need the darkness

In order to ever see the light

So many miles I have traveled

So many a dim lit bar

Because when things, start to unravel

You’re gonna find out who your friends really are

Yeah sometimes, you feed the darkness

Yeah sometimes, you heed the darkness

Yeah sometimes, you need the darkness

In order to ever see the light