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The Love

by Derek Lee Goodreid

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The Shakes 02:43
The Shakes Oh girl when you enter the room I don’t know what to do My heart goes boom, boom, boom I wanna lick your tattoos Don’t know if I can pump my brakes Pants are tight from my trouser snake Rev my engine for goodness sakes don’t know how much I can take Coz baby! I got the Shakes! You’re a witch and you weave your magic under your spell and it’s so damn tragic Girl you you're so electric shocking as your also magnetic Attracting me like a shark to bait How you make my poor heart ache like syrup over hot pancakes I don’t know how much more I can take Coz Baby! I got the Shakes! But I know I’m not the one you want And it cracks my heart apart so imma get gone before it gets too dark and I break and get those shakes again
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Devil's Due 03:17
Devil's Due If the devil is in the details then it's better the devil you know And every second I spend here in gaol it seems like our love was a lifetime ago If heaven is here on earth why am I surrounded by hell When the lights go out I can hear the screams of the animals Fools rush in where angels fear to tread all this time for my mistakes to play over n over inside my weary head Every night when I close my eyes I dream of you and every night when I say my prayers I pray for the devil's due The devil's due
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Road Of Bones I'm a rambling man I'm a rambling man I always keep a suitcase by the door wherever I am Coz you never know when you need to run as fast as you can I'm a gambling man I'm a gambling man I always keep an ace of spades up my sleeve, please understand Coz you never know when Lady Luck will leave me again The good Lord gives and the good lord takes The good Lord mends and the good Lord breaks and I'm broken on this road of bones yeah I'm poor broke and lonely on this road of bones
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Needles and sin, needles and sin You don't want to see me coming back here again Needles and sin, needles and sin You don't want to see me with my shit eating grin Needles and sin, needles and sin stuff these stolen dollars down your g string Slow down so we can feel the grind Slow down so we can lose our minds Needles and sin, needles and sin medicate my way to a new religion Needles and sin, needles and sin slide down that pole so I can worship you again Slow down so we can feel the grind slow down I think we're losing time slow down I think we're going blind Slow down so we can lose our minds Needles and sin, needles and sin everything is meaning less again and again
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I'm gonna face my demons down wrestle them down down to the ground down
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You can bury me out in the desert. Bury me up to my neck. And the vultures are circling round, but you better let Death know, I ain’t ready to go. I’ll be sticking around. You can throw me out in the ocean, with nothing to hold on to. And the sharks are circling round, but you better let Death know that I ain’t ready to go. I’ll be sticking around. You can stab me, shoot me, throw me off a train, poison me, chop me up and flush me down the drain, throw me in acid and do it all again. You can strangle me, dangle me above a cliff. Well I don’t care at all. And the angels are circling round and the devil awaits her due but you better let Death know and everyone else know I’ll be sticking around.
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Well you packed your bags and left them by the door said you aint coming back here no more I'm begging pleading knees to the floor coz I don't want to wake up alone let's just aggree to disagree we don't always have to see eye to eye coz baby there's no such thing as a good goodbye and I don't want to wake up alone well I woke up this morning all alone with a mouth like mine I should have know coz my words cause damage just like a cyclone and I woke up alone Well you packed your bags left them by the door said you aint coming back here no more well baby I've heard all this before and I woke up alone but not for long coz my game is strong, yeah I'm long and strong, so let's get it on
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The Love 01:53
What are you saying? what does it mean? you know it don't mean much If you don't have the love when push comes to shove and you think you've had enough remember the love What are you doing? You're breaking your back. You know it don't mean jack if you don't have the love when your gears begin to grind and you think you've lost your mind remember the love when you're out on the wire and you think you've lost your fire remember the love. What are you thinking? What do you know? It's deep in your soul. you have got the love!
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Big Bad Wolf 02:41
Howlin’ at the moon, howlin’ all night through. Wait for me by the woods like you know you should. Baby I’m your big bad wolf. Love me from the start. Love me for my wild heart. Chase me through the trees you will become like me. Baby I’m your big bad wolf. Now you’re running with a pack you know just where it’s at coz there’s no turning back. Baby I’m your big bad wolf. Blood is now our lust, blood is now our lust. Feel it rising up like the moon above. Baby I’m your big bad wolf.
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When we first kissed how we felt the fire Spreading through our skin Is this how love begins? Gonna shout it from the rooftops Gonna howl at the moon Baby I'm a fool for you We fucked like rabbits We just couldn't stop Our limbs entwined Cant tell what's yours Cant tell what's mine Gonna shout it from the rooftops Gonna howl at the moon Baby I'm a fool for you Then you kicked me to the kerb Like I'm a stray dog And i cant scratch this itch Coz bitch I still love you that's just the way it is Gonna shout it from the rooftops Gonna howl at the moon Baby I'm a fool for you

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TUNEDLOUD - Album Review - Nov 17th 2021

DEREK LEE GOODREID – “THE LOVE” – GRITTY, GENUINE, AND, AT TIMES, VISCERALLY RAW!

“The Love” is a fantastic album. Each song folds into the next and one is left with a complete listening experience. Musically, it is all here, twangy and gritty guitars, dusty and driving rhythms, as well as incredibly raw vocals, all come together to form a stunning recording. Over the course of his career, Derek Lee Goodreid has always been able to create meticulously detailed worlds for his songs to inhabit. It seems as though dirty guitar notes, and swampy tones can develop into entire landscapes in his hands. If there has been a constant in Derek’s work, it’s been his ability to take the listener and drop them into a fully realized and completely believable musical environment that stretches across however many tracks any particular project runs for.

On “The Love”, Derek Lee Goodreid has again succeeded brilliantly, but this time reaches for, and exudes, a far greater confidence and maturity than we’ve ever heard on previous records. The man is totally on fire.

He opens the album with “The Shakes”, a surging track that builds around mounting electric guitars and a rolling drumbeat, which draws the listener into its curious tale. And as the last few notes fade away, you know exactly where you stand in relation to Derek’s music, and you’re already enraptured by the rugged, adrenaline-filled scenery.

The guitars jangle and twang on the chugging rock n’ roll rhythms of “Devil’s Due” and “Road of Bones”, before sliding into the abrasive “Needles & Sin”.

It’s strange to think that Derek Lee Goodreid sounds even better here than on previous albums, as his voice has always been one of the focal points of his songs, but this record just seems to bring out some inner reservoir of strength and vitality in the man. And all comes to a head on the railroad blues chant of “Sinner’s Prayer”.

With its spirited musical swells and ominous drums, the shuffling rhythm of “Sticking Around” carries the listener over its waves, and a melody so serpentine that it seems to be in constant motion.

The casual ease and nonchalance with which Derek Lee Goodreid creates songs within this bluesy, rock n’ roll context is a testament to his already considerable proficiency and abject love of this music. So when he hits the title track “The Love” in full flight, you almost take its authentic raw sound for granted.

Derek Lee Goodreid takes the echoing, border-town outlaw sound, and expands it until it seems to be on the verge of bursting on “Gone For Good” and “Big Bad Wolf”. All throughout this album, Derek shows us how he has managed to resuscitate and preserve styles that had largely been given up on.

And listening to the final track, “Howl at the Moon”, with its resonant keys and gravelly vocals, is another nostalgic, mind-wandering experience. Derek Lee Goodreid traffics in a sound that is gritty, genuine, and, at times, viscerally raw.

“The Love '' is Derek Lee Goodreid's way of showing the world that he isn’t just another decent modern-day blues-rock and Americana performer, but a creative, and surprisingly intelligent songwriter who thoroughly understands, and prefers the blues-rock and Americana based genres to any other.


STEREO STICKMAN - Album Review - Nov 8 2021

Introducing an explosive return for Perth’s Derek Lee Goodreid, the album The Love kicks into gear with the classic tumble and roar of nostalgic, fast-paced rock and roll that quickly lights up the room.

Storming through with fast riffs and gritty, warbling, high-octane vocals, the crash of live drums and the pedal-play of a stage show that naturally lures you in, The Shakes provides the perfect opening act for an album that forever keeps its audience engaged.

Far from predictable, the project keeps things blues-rock and energising but goes on to weave in cinematic details, compelling story-lines, and an impressive array of melodic anthems that linger after listening.

Consider the sultry pace and vocal depth of a rising and falling Devil’s Due, addictive in its film-ready presence and familiarity combined; not to mention the satisfying resolve to the title at the end of each line. Classic writing with a contemporary edge of in-the-moment expression from Goodreid.

Featuring a plethora of faultless guitar solos to break up the rhythm and stomp of elsewhere, The Love is a guitar-heavy album that urges you to pick up your own six-string and kick back with some riffs and freestyles.

From the yesteryear progression of Road of Bones through the absolute distortion and grunge-worthy groan of an overwhelmingly hypnotic Needles & Sin, the style is well-rooted yet free from the confines of expectation. The arena-ready fullness of the latter track strangely takes command of your headspace in a way that begs for you to play it more than once.

In stark contrast, the sudden Gospel acoustic stomp and melody of Sinner’s Prayer hits with soulful impact afterwards – arrangement working its magic.

Other highlights include the imagery and higher tones of Sticking Around – catchy as ever – the deeply contemplative, surf-rock colour and sway of the title-track The Love, and the unforgettably confident, fiercely passionate Big Bad Wolf.

The sudden intimacy and longing of Howl at the Moon also makes for a surprisingly loving, poetic and melodic closing track – another unforeseen instance of creative freedom that shines new light on the artist behind the music.

Emerging complete with a couple of unexpected skits of subtle yet repeat-worthy comedic value, The Love raises the roof consistently with Goodreid’s clear commitment to the genre, the concept, and the creative space.

A devoted and bold album of originals, with a distinct thread of identity throughout.

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Derek Lee Goodreid Perth, Australia

Derek Lee Goodreid is one of Australia's talented and soulful singer-songwriters. With a unique style that blends country, blues, rockabilly and his personal battle with PTSD and his dark humour reminiscent of Johnny Cash, his music is sure to ignite your emotions and get your feet moving. ... more

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