That's the Deal
Album: Single
By: Brent J Lillie
By: Brent J Lillie
Duration
4:31
Genres
Description
Australian songwriter, Brent Lillie won the 2013 We Are Listening Lyric Writer Award with this lyric and his prize included a demo, recorded in Nashville. He collaborated with three Nashville songwriters, who provided a melody.
Lyrics
THAT'S THE DEAL VERSE 1 Callum John Macguire was born at 2am Three months premature, the son of Jack and Jen For ten years they'd been trying, and they both broke down and cried When they found out he was dying, with barely time to be alive LIFT Those tiny hands, those tiny feet, the bandages and tubes His dad out in the waiting room so helpless and confused CHORUS: He said 'I've often been a sinner, and I'll never be a saint So listen to me Satan, there's a deal I'd like to make My soul can burn for all eternity As long as Callum makes it through, then just take me And that's the deal VERSE 2 It rained that day and all that night, their son kept hanging on His tiny hands were balling up just trying to be strong The nurse said 'he's a fighter', but the hope had left her eyes Then Jack received a message and he took his phone outside LIFT I'll take that deal' the message said 'You won't get the chance again Park out on the railroad crossing west of town at 2am' CHORUS: You should never trust the devil, but some deals don't come cheap So he went back in and kissed his wife, gently in her sleep And a tear fell for the son he'd never know Then he went outside got in his car and drove 'Cos that's the deal, that's the deal That's the deal, yeah that's the deal VERSE 3 They said it was a miracle, never seen the likes before She asked them where her husband was, they said he just walked out the door On a lonely railroad crossing, in the wind and pounding rain He heard the distant rumble, of that speeding hellbound train Just in case he lost his nerve he threw away his keys As the train bore down he smiled and calmly leaned back in his seat REFRAIN: Time froze as the devil pushed the car down off the track Then fifty tons of freight train did it's best to drag it back And that's how come I'm standing here to talk to you I guess there's some deals even devils just won't do VERSE 4 My name is Callum John Macguire, I was born at 2am Three months premature, the son of Jack and Jen Dad and I we like our driving and we sure do get around But we steer clear of that crossing, on the western side of town And that's the deal, yeah that's the deal That's the deal, yeah that's the deal
