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Pulled Pork Blues

from Things Gonna Break by Adrian Niles

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I got the scars to prove my love
I’ve got to roll out tonight
I’ve got a little bit of lonesome and a whole lot of pain,
But the Lord gave me a road and that’s alright
A lot of things in this world with which I can’t compete,
Don’t make ‘em right or better off
You can stay in tonight but for the rest of my life
I say to Hell with every bridge I’ve crossed

Chorus
Men building boxes in the mid day sun
Women working steam in the kitchen
Hold down the fort baby, don’t let the beans get cold
Your man will pull the pork off the bone

To burn and to plunder, moods got to be just right
Yeah I hear the thunder it kept me up all night
No doubt in my mind where all my money went
And sure as judgement, it ain’t been well spent
I pulled a hounds tooth out of my pant's pocket
It was a good dog, I had to keep something, don’t knock it
I can’t sacrifice for those who can’t make ‘em no more
I can’t keep tabs on ‘em, tallies or score...Chorus

It’s alright darling, I’m calling from long distances
Checking on ya baby, see what’s you’re puttin’ down
Well I could travel on your way but I’ve got some strong resistance
It ain’t so much a longing as it is somewhere I’m bound
Send me out some sugar, granulated if you please
Got blues on the radio, sounds like Johnny Lee
Some sad day baby I may be crawling back around
I hope you’re there to pick me up off the cold hard ground...Chorus

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from Things Gonna Break, released April 1, 2008
Written by Adrian Niles

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Adrian Niles is a roots-rock artist from eastern Ohio. He grew up in the bluegrass music tradition of his father, uncle, and grandfather’s band The Porter Brothers. After discovering artists like Dylan and Hendrix, in his teen years, Niles dedicated his life to the folk, blues, and rock expressions as a songwriter and performer. ... more

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