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16 Years

from Shadow in the Country by Moongrass

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lyrics

I'm going down, darling can't you see
Think I'm in love with this steel machine
I’m going back so I can set my baby free

She took my money, I pawned my watch
I'm swimming around in a half a pint of scotch
I'm shakin honey and I need my medicine
Blind me to this hell I'm in

She's with a man who was quick on his feet
Couldn't catch him, I hit the streets
I'm drinkin hard and flying over cold concrete

I hit LA at a hundred miles an hour
With a pack of cigarettes and a whiskey sour
Sold my truck to ease my mind
Sold my soul just to kill my time
They see me gleam, see me shine

Leave me alone
Just let me be
That's what she said to me
Sixteen years
Spent drowning in these tears
I need release
I'll be with you
on the day I die
I'll be with you
I'll be with you
on the day I die
The day I die

I see you with somebody new
Oh lord what can i do?
I'm laying low
My baby's clean and cold
She's clean and cold
I'll be with you
on the day I die
I'll be with you
I'll be with you
on the day I die
The day I die

Sixteen years I spent laying low
I think i'm driftin back to Chicago
Heart's beating fast but i'm driving nice and slow

I'm going back after all these years
I'm shaking, Lord, I let my baby steer
I'm going down, that ain't no lie
She'll shake my hand the day I die
The day I die

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from Shadow in the Country, released June 26, 2015
written by Tom McKay (and moongrass)

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Moongrass Bellingham, Washington

5 boys raised in the muddy Nooksack delta singin' songs about drinking, loneliness, love, loss, existential dread, and other american themes. They played earnest and heartfelt music they referred to as "sweet&loud country stompalongs” from 2013-2016.

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