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Rich Mama

from Ghost Road by Adrian Niles

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Holed up all night with the last rite
The words don’t come and my rich mama moans
Well, I held up like a staff and I performed to the light
Excuses get pondered while my rich mama moans
Roaming through sad facts, and an identity crisis
If only I could make my reflection dance
Style and substance hang out awhile
And I’m stroking my rich mama

Weird thoughts cling to my brain wired
I fold my arms and my rich mama sings
I hear through the din intentions transpire
I listen real close as my rich mama sings
Haunted by goodness as evil remarks
What is there to this place when the matter gets lost
Well I wait in the corner entrenched in the guilt
Loving my rich mama

Chorus
My rich mama’s hot like a rail and cool like a river
She could damn me to hell, or stand and deliver
Well, I’m sometimes her foe, but she’s always my friend
And I’m loving my rich mama

Brought down again by arrows of fire
quoted by enemies as my rich mama speaks
Handed a bill for what my allies require
I empty my pockets while my rich mama sleeps
If blues was gold I be a wealthy man
If silver was salvation I could do as I please
But she’ll never endow me, not one piece of coin
But I’m loving my rich mama...Chorus

credits

from Ghost Road, released May 13, 2010
Adrian Niles: Vocal, Guitars,
Matt Penhos: Bass
Clint Landis: Drums


Written by Adrian Niles
Produced, Mixed, and Mastered 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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