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lyrics

Gonna get my news from a bottle
Spill it on a concrete floor
Should be old enough to know better
I beat a path to the jailhouse door

When I spied Lucky Pete
Slipping out with Ruby Jane
Left me leaning hard into the night
Bloodied my knuckles where I carved her name

I used to be an able bodied man
Whistlin’ to Charley Pride
While my pay slid through my hands
Cuttin’ time on the old rough side
Makin’ time on the old rough side

Never played that straight and narrow
I never laid that party down
Burned it up like a flaming arrow
Buyin’ every other round

Now the voices and the laughter
In my ears I can hear them ring
With my head laid out on the courthouse lawn
Not a penny to my name

I used to be an able bodied man
Whistlin’ to Charley Pride
While my pay slid through my hands
Cuttin’ time on the old rough side
Makin’ time on the old rough side
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from Devil Stole The Moon, released August 2, 2011
Written by Adam Carroll & Michael O'Connor
All songs written by Michael S. O’Connor except *Carroll/O’Connor and **Swinney/O’Connor

Michael S. O’Connor - Verda Mae Music (ASCAP) Administered by Bug
Adam D. Carroll - Gypsy Shuffler Music (BMI)
Cary Swinney - Johnson Grass Publishing Company (BMI)The Musicians
Rick Richards – Drums and Percussion
Jack Saunders – Bass, Mandolin, Backing Vocals
Michael O’Connor – Guitars, Lap Steel, Mandolin, Harmonica, Chord Organ, Casio Keyboard, Vocals

Produced and Engineered by Jack Saunders at White Cat Studio in Houston, Texas
jacksaunders.com or whitecatproductions.com

Mastered by Jerry Tubb at Terra Nova Digital Audio, Inc., Austin, Texas

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Michael O'Connor is a guitarist, singer, & songwriter living in Washington State. A lifetime of hard-won experience has allowed Michael a rare insight into the world of the rough, the faithless, the romantic, and the unlucky, all of whom find refuge in his songs. ... more

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