RESTLESS from the album Feet of Clay

Story Behind The Song

A late night ride on an empty highway with new love that ended at a dancehall in Erath, Texas where couples were doing the most savagely perfect two-step to an old time Texas swing band. Climbed back into the Old Cutlass Supreme sweaty and boozy and drove back to New Orleans listening to JJ Cale's Cajun Moon ....also Five Easy Pieces and Red Desert bu Antonioni

Song Description

Apparitions on the highway and the low groan of the engine...this guy is running but to where. Adrenaline and instint propel him on this night ride armed with nothing but the sensory residue of love.....if he can't be with his ghostly lover he'll seek solace in the arms of another and just close his eyes and imagine her there. This guys senses are wide open to world. He's on the razors edge and it makes his excursion hot, thirsty and breathless.

Song Length 5:15 Genre Blues - Rock
Tempo Medium Fast (131 - 150) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Restless, Beside Yourself Similar Artists Shawn Colvin, Dire Straits
Language English Era 1990 - 1999

Lyrics

RESTLESS
c 1999 Compton Maddux
all rights reserved

Restless/ lost in a groove
Too close for comfort/ too fast for the blues
Yes, I?m restless/ lonely and blue
I?m feel?in restless baby/ restless for you

Restless/ I toss in my sleep
Yes, I?m restless baby/
I pray the Lord my soul to keep

Restless/ caught in a mood
Too dark for humor/ Too light for the blues
Yes, I?m restless/ my heart is on ice
I?m ready for battle but I can?t find the fight

Yes, I?m restless/ lost in a maze
I don?t feel nothing/ just count the days
Yes, I?m restless/ caught in a game
My dog legs is runn?in
My feet are in flames

I?m feel?in restless/ reckless in love
Restless and reckless/ heavens above
I?m feel?in restless when I feel your heat
It?s time this restless boy took to the street

Restless in love/ oh restless in love

Restless/ cease and desist
Try to imagine what the mind can?t resist
Restless/ a wander?in soul/ search?in for water
Where there?s no water hole
Restless/ sharp as a knife
Restless by day/ reckless by night
Yes, I?m restless/ my attension is shot
Maybe I?m crazy/ Maybe I?m not

I?m feel?in restless/ reckless in love
Restless and reckless/ heavens above
I?m feel?in restless when I feel your heat
It?s time this restless boy took to the street

Restless in love/ oh restless in love

There is nothing on this road....a man makes his deals
and steals his opportunities....Or maybe you only get one
real shot at love! You may have been mine. After that
it?s just affairs of forgetting....a stateless wanderer finding
no friendly, native soil to lie in. They say if you drive
long enough.....far enough.......fast enough.......that you can
leave your past behind........

Restless in love/ Reckless is love.........

Compton Maddux: lead vocal, accoustic guitar.
Jim Lauderdale: background vocals
Adam Gussow: harmonica
Steve Gaboury: keyboards, programming
Billy Ward: drums
Frank Gravis: bass guitar
Jeff Golub: electric guitar
John Leventhal: electric guitar
Roger Squitero: percussion booksman

Lyrics Compton Maddux Music Compton Maddux
Producer Steve Gaboury Publisher Compton Maddux
Performance Compton Maddux: lead vocal, acc. guitar/ Richie Havens: guitar/ Jeff Golub, Frank Gravis, Billy Ward

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