LOVE (IS NOT THE SAFEST DRUG)

by Sam Eliot

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Love is not the safest drug
I can’t believe someone could take this much
Love is not the safest drug

Do you want to just stay over?
Do you want to one last time?
Act like we don’t see each other’s
Darker sides?
There’s no such thing as getting older
It’s just the passage of time
A hit of love still drags me under
At least the water’s fine

Love is not the safest drug
I can’t believe someone could take this much
Love is not the safest drug

Now I’ve got people on my shoulders
The gears are slipping in my mind
Park the car let you slide over
You can keep the keys this time
I know nothing’s ever over
And nothing’s ever left behind
The wheels of love are getting closer
You can tie me to the tracks tonight

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released February 14, 2021
Julian Paz: Bass guitar

Sam Eliot: All other instruments/arrangements/recording & production

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Sam Eliot Sacramento, California

Sam Eliot is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist & producer from Northern California. Over the course of 2022, Sam has released a series of cassette bedroom recordings that mark a return to immediacy, intimacy, song craft, and timeless organic textures in Eliot’s work. ... more

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