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Down in Seven Devils every night I dream
of a black Cadillac running over me
Between the warm glow of the red tail lights,
the numbers disappear into the inky night
Every time just the same,
leaving me lonely again

West of the Watauga, nestled in the pines,
we lived tucked away -- my family and I
Times were simple, we were happy and poor
Then came the talk of a world at war

Uncle Sam found a new way to be God,
He clear cut the land with an atomic plot
A smoking altar made of towers three,
mixing with the mist above the cedar trees

There the men I loved and lost
turning red by nuclear frost
Made their way down to their defeat
inside a lunchpail of radioactivity

Down in Seven Devils every night I dream
of a black Cadillac running over me
Between the warm glow of the red tail lights,
the numbers disappear into the inky night
Every time just the same,
leaving me lonely again

The first day with his daddy at the factory
He smiled all through breakfast,
but I couldn't speak
Call it intuition or a motherly fear,
but the Cadillac's engine kept burning my ears

Great ones fall at the expense of the meek,
capital loss for the power they seek
The mighty and the blind, a kid with a gun
From atom unto Adam flew too close to the sun

Last day going down, didn't know it would be
Until a fire started at the base of tower three
It was the 3rd of June in '58,
the same as the numbers on the license plate

Down in Seven Devils every night I dream
of a black Cadillac running over me
Between the warm glow of the red tail lights,
the numbers disappear into the inky night
Every time just the same,

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from The Honeymoon Sessions, released February 14, 2022
Written by: Fate McAfee and Melanie A. Davis
Rhythm guitar, vocals: Melanie A. Davis
Lead guitar, vocals: Fate McAfee

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Fate McAfee Murray, Kentucky

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Hailed by American Songwriter as "A songwriter to watch in folk and Americana", Fate McAfee is an independent musician, engineer, and singer-songwriter. He frequently collaborates with Midwestern acts like Leonard the Band and Melanie A. Davis. ... more

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