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Honest Men

by Janet Devlin

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Where have all the honest men gone? I’m flocked by vultures in the summer sun They take what they can get, then gone in another breath Where have all the honest men gone? My shoes are filled with lead, what can I do? It's sink or swim or just avoid the truth So I'll take what I can get, and accept the consequence But where have all the honest men gone? Now there’s tears in my eyes, oh no surprise Cause there’ll be tears in my eyes till the day I die So angel of death why haven’t you kissed me yet? Oh angel of death I long for your caress So won’t you save me, oh save me Oh won’t you save me, oh save me Where has all my happiness gone? It disappeared the moment I sang your song I’ll be buried in this noose, it’s written in the books But where have all the honest men gone? Now there’s tears in my eyes oh no surprise Cause there’ll be tears in my eyes till the day I die So angel of death why haven’t you kissed me yet? Oh angel of death I long for your caress So won’t you save me, oh save me Oh won’t you save me, oh save me My soul wasn’t enough you want it all, you wanted blood My soul wasn’t enough you want it all, you wanted blood My soul wasn’t enough you want it all, you wanted blood My soul wasn’t enough you want it all, you wanted blood My soul wasn’t enough you want it all, you wanted blood My soul wasn’t enough you want it all, you wanted blood But where have all the honest men gone?

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The third single from Janet Devlin’s upcoming concept album, Confessional, released May 2020, is a sobering anti-ballad written solely by the 25-year-old Irish singer-songwriter. If ever a song was to speak so timely of its age then Janet Devlin’s ‘Honest Men’ is the shattered black mirror reflection these dark days deserve. As bleak as it is bewitching, and as stark as it is sorrowful, ‘Honest Men’ is the evidence that Janet has already lived more lifetimes than most.

Produced by Jonathan Quarmby (Lewis Capaldi, Tom Walker) and recorded in 2018 at RAK Studios, London, and Westland Studios in Dublin, ‘Honest Men’ began life as a self-reflective commentary in the midst of a long winter battling seasonal affective disorder. “I was alone in my house in London, ukulele in hand,” Janet recalls of the song’s origin. “I began singing the darkest lyrics over the top of this beautiful melody that was emerging from my little uke. That juxtaposition of light and shade inspired me to write the whole thing in under an hour. It really captured a moment and a lot of meaning is contained in in this track.”

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released January 10, 2020

Written by Janet Devlin
Recorded in Rak Studios London & Westland Studios Dublin
Produced & Mixed by Jonathan Quarmby
Mastered by Christian Wright at Abbey Road

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