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Next Best Thing

from Internal Combustion by Rain Perry

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Next Best Thing
words and music by Rain Perry
c2001 Precipitous Music/BMI

He’s got the key
To the hearts and minds of the congregation
A sure young man
Promising salvation

The first little taste of it is free
And in his fervent eyes lies the possibility

Of something stronger than heroin
Hotter than lust
Bigger than the pain you feel
He’s promised to take care of you
He’s someone that you trust
Gives ‘you something that feels real
He’s not Jesus but he’s the next best thing

My mother lay back in his arms in the water
She freely gave away all her earthly things
I heard five hundred people speaking in tongues
Praying for deliverance from all the devil brings

A little girl can understand
No one knows what’s good for her better than the man

Who’s stronger than heroin
Hotter than lust
Bigger than the pain you feel
He’s promised to take care of you
He’s someone that you trust
Gives ‘you something that feels real
He’s not Jesus but he’s the next best thing

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from Internal Combustion, released September 21, 2010
Mark Hallman - drums, bass, guitars
Rain Perry - vocals
Riley Osborn - Hammond B3
Karen Hammack - Piano
Julie Christensen - vocals
Perla Batalla - vocals

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Rain Perry Ojai, California

Rain Perry’s “Beautiful Tree” was the theme for the CW Network’s Life Unexpected, on which she also had the surreal pleasure of appearing as herself. She has released four albums on her own Precipitous Records, as well as writing and touring a solo play about her childhood. In 2016 she completed The Shopkeeper, her first film. She teaches a series of classes called Songwriting for Civilians. ... more

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