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Sure to Drown
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"Sure to Drown" (Pickering/Hartford)
Floating dungeon on Atlantic Seas
Stolen souls are chained ‘tween each other’s knees
There’s five hundred maybe more
For forced labor on the Carolina shore
Don’t you wheeze and don’t you cough
Sick ones pulled on deck and they toss ‘em off
CHORUS
And they’re sure to drown
Well they’re sure to drown
When the ship goes down
They’ll surely drown
When the ship goes down
They’re sure to drown
Poor folks pay for a chance at paradise
‘Cause times have changed and now we’re civilized
In a rubber boat or a rusty van
For South Europe or across the Rio Grande
And it don’t matter if they meet their lord
I got my money before they came aboard
CHORUS
Pulled by hunger pushed out by war
They take low wages we ain't gonna offer more
For those who reach our fertile land
Do you see a problem, or do you see a man?
If we don’t change course, if we let things flow
We’ll end up in that fiery lake that’s down below
And we’re sure to drown
Well we’re sure to drown
When the ship goes down
We’ll surely drown
When the ship goes down
We’re sure to drown
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Sixty Miles Gone
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"60 Miles Gone" (Pickering)
Her- You were the first to give me, a second look
So I took the line, the sinker, and the hook
It's not real clear just what you gave
But I know how much you took
Like somethin from an old country song
It dawned on me that love don't have to be this way
Where you lay down the law, and I obey
I put the car in gear, I headed west
You could never make me stay
Before you noticed, I was thirty miles gone
CHORUS
Thirty miles gone, thirty miles gone,
This little girl well she stood up
Now she's big and proud and strong
Before you notice, I'll be thirty miles gone
Him-When I woke up this mornin' you, were on my mind
You know a sweeter girlie I won't ever find
When I get mad or when I stray you were never less than kind
It took some thinkin' but I guess I was wrong
So I stumble down the stairs I know, just how to please
Goin' out to buy your flowers, put your mind at ease
But the keys ain't there and no one's home
Except a gentle autumn breeze
I learned my lesson but you were sixty miles gone
CHORUS
Sixty miles gone, sixty miles gone
The time I took to get things right
It was just to God damn long
And when I sobered up, you were sixty miles gone
Her-I heard from folks back home that you aren't doin well
That you you can't comprehend that I could break your spell
They say you've changed you want me back
I'm to far away to tell
I started livin' once I was ninety miles gone
CHORUS
Ninety miles gone, ninety miles gone
This little girl, well she grew up now she's big and proud and strong
I started living once I was ninety miles gone
Ninety miles gone, ninety miles gone
This little girl, well she grew up, big and proud and strong
And when you looked around I was ninety miles gone
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The Cheeky Few Whittier, California
The Cheeky Few is a four piece roots band from Whittier, CA. Their songs aim to address today's world through the well worn traditions of American music. Please enjoy!
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