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Originally appeared on Some Days Are Diamonds. I contacted an old friend from Moscow, Timur Vedernikov, who I'd originally met back in '98 when we both played at a festival in Poland and asked if he would lay down some dobro guitar for me. He kindly obliged.

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Well I may have dirty fingernails but my hands are mostly clean
An old mechanic down the race track is what I've mostly been
I fought in a war I came back home I did what I could do
Then a guy down here made me an offer and I built me a car or two

Well the first I raced on Saturday nights at a dirt track outside town
And every now and then I damn near died as I learned my way around
'Cos the car that I built was better than me sometimes I couldn't keep pace
I'd spin off in a corner denting my ego and the car would look a disgrace

There's pots up there and on the wall a photograph or two
From the times I won or came close second ain't a single one of them new
And if you've the stones I think you have a deal I'll offer you
Twenty years of racing hell.... but then a debt is due

This deal here that I'm offering you comes all in with a car
My second built with someone just like you in mind, a star
I'll pass on my experience, you'll work with me and race
And I promise you in some years time a podium first place

Cos it's carburetor sucks more than ever than I've ever known before
And you should see it go when it hits full flow with my foot hard to the floor
Nights spent in the workshop to tune that motor up
And in the muted glow the stereo plays Cooley's 'Daddy's Cup'

Now you may think this a devils deal but I want your heart not soul
And if you give me your's I'll give you mine and we'll reach a mutual goal
Your name's upon the contract all you need to do is sign
So make your mark, mark it true and cross that finish line

There's pots up there and on the wall a photograph or two
From the times I won or came close second and you can have that too
And if you've the stones I think you have a deal I'll offer you
Twenty years of racing hell.... but then a debt is due

If you've the time to spare a thought there's worse things you could be
Than winding up working here an old mechanic just like me

credits

from THE DEVIL'S CALLING EP, released March 4, 2021
Stevie Simpson - Vocals, Mandolin
Damon Sawyer - Drums, Percussion
Nick Drury - Bass Guitar
Timur Vedernikov - Dobro Guitar

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STEViE - One Bloke One Mandolin Coventry, UK

Having toured and performed at festivals around Europe with Kane & Co. and Cactus Jack and also gigging and recording in the US in the late 90s into the early 2000s, nowadays he performs as Stevie Simpson (One Bloke One Mandolin) playing original country, folk and americana songs.

Stevie has seven studio albums to his name, his latest being Sunshine State Of Mind released in October 2021. ... more

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