Clay Howard - my new idol

from Round 2, Week 11 by Monday Morning 3AM Music Club

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I was assigned a song based on a translation of the 1st Commandment....

This is written from the standpoint of someone who has made something else their god- other than God...."It" has come before God.

It could be a woman, money, drugs- whatever "it" is, it has replaced God to the protagonist.

1st commandment - broken...let's see how the rest of them roll.

lyrics

my new idol 
©clay howard

VERSE1
I've got to put it down 
its pulling me away 
I need to hit the ground 
but it always makes me stay 

I hope you understand 
I wasn't always just a slave 
I'm now a lesser man 
cause it has got me in its sway

Chorus
it's number one with a bullet 
and that bullet has wiped away 
the thing that's most important 
my new idol has got its way
it's wiping me away

Verse 2
It was a simple thing 
just to pass the time away 
and then it got ahold 
to let it go makes me afraid  

I hope you understand 
I wasn't always just a slave 
I'm now a lesser man 
cause it has got me in its sway

Chorus
it's number one with a bullet 
and that bullet has wiped away 
the thing that's most important 
my new idol has got its way
it's wiping me away

Other Part...
I look up to the sky 
wish with all my life 
that I had never tried 
to fill this empty side....

Repeat 1s verse and chorus

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from Round 2, Week 11, released July 14, 2014
clay howard- vocals, guitars, bass, horrible guitar lead

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