Flower in a Drought

from The Opening Act by Ryan Sobb

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Got a hundred dollar habit
and a fifty dollar show
singing all of my songs
for folks i don't know
in a state where they still fly that goddamn flag

well i ain't from here
and i don't pretend to be
so if i die tomorrow on my way to pell city
won't you slap one of my band's stickers on the body bag

and send me home
and send a prayer
to your god, to my mother, to the moon,
hell, i don't care
cause i'm stretched tighter than a telephone wire
pulled taught across the plains
and like a flower in a drought, don't think i'll hold out
long enough to ever see it rain

well she never meant to hurt me
i was never meant to see
that pal i caught her with left some blood on my sleeve
there ain't a lock or friend in this world you can trust

and my next paycheck is a fragment of sentence
i could say if i hadn't studied guitar instead of business
now that stain on my sleeve is starting to rust

so send me cash, you can keep your prayers
i ain't asking for, pal, whatever you can spare!
cause i've been thinking it might be time for me to starting writing hits forget the songs
it ain't a wonder i hit the bottom! its a wonder it took so long

Got a hundred dollar habit
and a fifty dollar show
singing all of my songs
for folks i don't know
in a state where they still fly that goddamn flag

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from The Opening Act, released June 16, 2017

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