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One More Down

from Up For Air by John Egenes

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lyrics

I live on a dead end street
this old car is my home
I sleep all day in the back seat
I use the front for my living room
I drink my whiskey and I smoke my weed
I get secondhand clothes for free
I got “LOVE” and “HATE” on the backs of my fingers
aint nobody messes with me

I served my country as a young man should
but it turned its back on me
I came back home with a pocketful of hate
in the place where my leg used to be
and now I aint much good for nothin’
I aint proud of what I am
there’s a song I should be singin’
but I just don’t give a damn

It’s one more down, another life to go
one more down, back on poverty row
cleanin’ up the mess that others made
has left me standin’ here with the
baldheaded end of the broom

They handed me a gun and they told me, “Son,
be all that you can be.”
and now I’m down in a hole, about to swallow my soul
gonna be the death of me

You can take your pity and your good intentions
and stick ‘em where the sun don’t shine
if I can get this old car to runnin’
it’ll roll me on down the line

with just one more down, another life to go
one more down, back on poverty row
cleanin’ up the mess that others made
has left me standin’ here with the
baldheaded end of the broom
cleanin’ up the mess that my country made
has left me here dancin’ with the
baldheaded end of the broom

It’s one more down, one more down….

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from Up For Air, released February 1, 2009
Marcel Rodeka: drums
John Dodd: bass
Mike Moroney: rhythm guitar
John Egenes: lead guitar, mandolin, banjo

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John Egenes Dunedin, New Zealand

Download anything you see here for free (you can pay if you want, but you don't have to...) Author, multi- instrumentalist and session musician for countless artists, producer, songwriter, all around likeable guy.

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