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Heart of Steele

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* This track contains lusty refrains and hearty guttural language - a word of caution for the impressionable mind.

This song was written for my great grandfather Steele. My mom related a tale in which his father took his violin and shattered it in front of great-grandpa Steele. He turned around and walked out the door and didn't look back. That dedication, sacrifice, and passion really struck me, and then when my own father was struggling with complications from several strokes - I wanted to capture my thoughts and pay tribute to them both.

Music and Lyrics by David Diers © 2014
From the 2014 release "Heart of Steele"

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Heart of Steele
Though me mother tears to tell it,
the story of me great gran-da,
how when his father broke his violin, he walked right out the bloody door.

We are born with a heart of steele
and the sound of a Scottish reel.
What’s ours by right
we’ll take it tonight and play on through the bloody years.

I’ll play until my hands are bloody, I’ll fight until I can’t no more,
that same fire burns in me that burns in me da – it picks me off the bloody floor.

So many have lost their way, and others sell their souls
with any luck I’ll make it out alive till they put me in a 6 foot hole.

My ancestors have been persecuted, some were even slaves
so I will not blush for what others have done and I’ll take that with me to my grave.

Our parents broke their backs for us and we tried not to break their hearts
but as sure as day we probably did – we’re unforgiven but not forgot.

Life wants so much out of us, sometimes it can get rough,
so when death comes to whisper in your ear
tell him to sod off.

Someday my loved ones will pass away and stand beside the lord
I’ll ask them to watch over me and grant me favor when my o’er.

Whoever you are I love you because we are all in the same plight
were born to die some hardly live – so drink your fill tonight!

Lyrics - David Diers © 2014

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from Heart of Steele, released March 31, 2014

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David Diers and his band are a love letter scrawled in lipstick on a Stratocaster: "I want to dance, I need to rock".

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