You Can't Fail Me Now - Loudon Wainwright III - Cover by ortoPilot

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a song i've been meaning to cover for a while now...

yep.. i've just realised i spelt his name wrong on the vid.. doh!

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I know that fan is moving air
I can see it in your hair
But I can't bear to breathe it in somehow
I'll rise and fall with you
Cause you can't fail me now,
I'll rise and fall with you
Cause you can't fail me now

Salt is sweet upon my mouth
And dark throws sparks against my house
The stain of love's a smudge upon my brow.
But you see through me
And you can't fail me now,
You see right through me
And you can't fail me now

I bit off more than I can chew
It's something that I tend to do
When fewer words are what we need and how
You bite my tongue
And you can't fail me now
I rant and rail
But you can't fail me now

I lost the thread among the vines
And hung myself in story lines
That tell the tales I never would allow
God knows the name of every bird
That fills my mind like angry words
But you know all my secret heart avows...

We're taught to love the worst of us
And mercy more than life, but trust me:
Mercy's just a warning shot across the bow
I live for yours
And you can't fail me now,
I live for your mercy
And you can't fail me now,
You can't fail me now.

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• ortopilot
• loudon
• wainwright
• III
• you
• cant
• fail
• me
• now
• acoustic
• cover
• guitar

[EricTheGreat87]

You really seemed to rush through the most important lyrical points of a very moving and poignant song. You did a decent job, but it would have been 1000 times better if you had sang it just a biiiiit more like Loudon's original recording.... especially the bridge and ending verse. Just my point of view.

[pedroivore]

Congratulations! Beautiful...

[pedroivore]

Congratulations! Beautiful.

[pedroivore]

Congratulations! Beautiful.

[cimarronjim1]

enjoyed it.  good job, and thanks. Love Loudon, I was skeptical anybody could do a good Loudon cover. Keep on playing and writing

[antoniaworbridge]

NICE SONG..YOUR..VOICE....AWESOME

:-))))))))

[ivroth]

Brilliant cover, loved LW3 since the early 70's, didn't believe any of his songs could be covered in this way. Gives great depth to the lyrics, love it!!

[angelmomma85]

yo dont care what they say me and my man love the song good tone of voice like it man keep playing and dont let any one slow you down

[AjaxSexton]

I thought it was pretty good

[SyncopatedStrum]

sorry bro, you dont really seem to be honest in this one. why do you tirelessly record covers?