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Great American Myth

from Grab a Bucket by Bailey Allen Baker

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I'm just staying alive, killing my friends
Had to leave Lisa on the pavement
Had to start hiding, had to pretend
I'm just trying to make my ends
My mom doesn’t speak, i'm out of her life
Ever since my younger uncle died
And if you’re trying to blame me, you must be crazy
I’m just the product not the demand, you see

And you can spend all your time
Trying to figure out answers, trying to figure out why
And you can spend all your time
Blaming god or praying harder night
Oh you can spend all your time
Just looking for me

Yeah I’m doing quite, still way up on my feet
Trying to keep my mind away from the street
A parlor of people, screaming at me
Why I’m the problem they seek
You miss them so damn, stop eating from me
I’m the enemy that hides above the scene
Stop all that energy, don’t your arm feel itchy
Let me hold you and rock you to gently to sleep

And you can spend all your time
Hating that there’s nothing with your life
And you can spend all your time
Taking some shit to make your feel alright
And you want to, we can ride
Arm out the window, eyes closed all night
And you care, better keep quiet
You talk bad bout him, people think your starting a riot

Pigs come quickly, sniffing out truffles of glee
Beating people down in the street
And the off-white tanned vertices, are blind as can be
Telling me to work hard, be proud of the country
We’re running round problems, a misery go round
Hard to see anything getting better now
We’re affording the struggle, permitting the pain
Forgetful of the poor, claiming insane

And you can spend all your time
Pulling threaded bootstraps, trying to be alright
And you can spend all your time
Wading through with anchors keeping you tied
And you can drown all you like
It’s your own damn fault for not succeeding at life
And you can pull down on the tide
But know they’re pulling with you and nothings ever changed

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from Grab a Bucket, released July 21, 2023

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Bailey Allen Baker Coeur D'Alene, Idaho

Bailey Allen Baker is a singer/songwriter from Coeur d Alene, Idaho. My new western album, Palish Landscape, is out now.

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