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    1. Just Enough Empties

    From the recording Tangle of Souls (2020)

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    Liz Frencham - bass, harmony vocals
    Bramwell Park - banjo, harmony vocals
    Pete Fidler - dobro
    Scott Cook - vocal, guitar

    Lyrics

    You may not believe me, but right here where we stand
    There once was a creek-bed, carving through the land
    Then a couple rows of houses, and nothing after that
    But wheat fields and train tracks where we made our pennies flat

    And on long summer evenings with dinner in the air
    We’d fly our bikes down main street, wind running in our hair
    And we’d pick up cans and bottles ‘til Davey said to stop
    And take ‘em to the drug store for a couple ice-cold pops

    Just enough empties for a full one
    Look how it catches the light
    It’s anybody’s ticket ‘til they pull one
    I can see forever tonight

    See that old factory, with the windows boarded up?
    Me and Davey used to work there before the times got tough
    Paydays he’d play the lottery, put his numbers down
    But it was an army recruiter had his ticket out of town

    I just kept on working, but I never got ahead
    One day a man in uniform informed me Dave was dead
    And I drained every bottle, and I broke every glass
    And when they took the house I slept under the overpass

    And it’s a quarter for the big ones, the little ones a dime
    The normals don’t hassle me, they haven’t got the time
    And you’d need a couple bags full, to drink another day
    Oh, but there were always people just tossing ‘em away

    Just enough empties for a full one
    Look how it catches the light
    It’s anybody’s ticket ‘til they pull one
    I can see forever tonight

    This town full of strangers, I remember it back when
    How they look at me, they’d never guess that I was one of them
    It’s getting rougher by the river, people I never seen
    Dropped off by oxycontin, and methamphetamine

    But I’m trying to stay sober, trying my best to care
    Sometimes at night I catch a whiff of dinner on the air
    And I’ve seen the light drain out of every dream I ever had
    But Rosa says she’s pregnant, and I might be the dad

    Just enough empties for a full one
    Look how it catches the light
    It’s anybody’s ticket ‘til they pull one
    I can see forever tonight
    I can see forever tonight

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