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Balancing Act

from Ode to a Tinhorn by Maxwell Putnam

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my name is claire i live here me and my two kids call it home
the hunger in their eyes, a bite upon my bones

sun is in the backyard, house dark and dusty as a tomb
my god sent regrets he said salvation will be coming soon

i met brown he was looking for his mercy said he left his life behind
me, i'd been alone with the kids for a long time

i put his boots beneath the table, he gave a bottle three hard pulls
one for every man that he left without a pulse

the field was getting richer and the boys had a man to raise em up
we had an understanding, one day you might have called it love

every night i get undressed alone and a bartender pours a drink
now i know my lonesome low having love thats always out of reach

the stars are getting duller and the wilderness is closer every day
brown is getting distant, talking about god's good old glory days

when he said he's leaving the wind was through the window and the rain was on the shelf
he said everything is gone so he'd be looking for his mercy somewhere else

you cry and pray for righteousness all you get's a steady hand
the woods are laughing and repeating every wild thought you ever had

its raining in the kitchen there's a dead man on the stone
two kids talking to a deputy, mama's cuffed and looking down the road

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from Ode to a Tinhorn, released March 16, 2018

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