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Another Personal Tragedy

from LUCKY'S TUNE by REID PALEY

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ANOTHER PERSONAL TRAGEDY (Reid Paley)

Some guys they ain’t got no heart
They could kill you if they tried
And they walk the earth like holy holy whores
I’d like to take this ugly city
And stick it in their eyes
Before we end up like some dinosaur

Me I’ll never be a good man
Me I’m never going home

And if you think that’s funny
If you think that’s funny
And I ain’t seen you since I don’t know when
And if you think that’s funny
If you think that’s funny
I ain’t never gonna drink with you again

Some guys they ain’t got no guts
And it eats ‘em up inside
And guys like us they make our lives a hell
You said that we’d outlive ‘em
And then you went and died
And left me here to fight ‘em by myself

Me I’ll never be a good man
Me I’m never going home

And if you think that’s funny
If you think that’s funny
And I ain’t seen you since I don’t know when
And if you think that’s funny
If you think that’s funny
I ain’t never gonna drink with you again

Sometimes you convince yourself
That the years are just a trance
And that you maybe might have find a way
Then you try and trust an actress
When she’s acting out romance
And find yourself with no more hand to play

Me I’ll never be a good man
Me I’m never going home

And if you think that’s funny
If you think that’s funny
And I ain’t seen you since I don’t know when
And if you think that’s funny
If you think that’s funny
I ain’t never gonna drink with you again
I ain’t never gonna drink with you again



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from LUCKY'S TUNE, released September 7, 1999

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