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My Country

by Ben Bostick

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1.
My Country 02:45
This is my country, my damn country Gimme my country, you can keep the rest This is my country, my damn country And it don’t mean a thing if it don’t pass the test If you ain’t never cheated or been cheated on Then take off your boots, you rhinestone fraud Gimme cheating, drinking, and outlaw songs Hard times, foolish pride, done me wrong Flirting with the devil, get right with the man Amen, pain songs, one night stands You can keep your picket fence fantasies And put a cork in your high school memories This is my country, my damn country Gimme my country, you can keep the rest This is my country, my damn country And it don’t mean a thing if it don’t pass the test If you ain’t never spent a single night in jail Then get another job and I’ll see you in hell I’m drawn like a moth to the neon lights I need a bucket of beer and someone to fight Don’t call yourself country if your music is shitty Or this Carolina boy’ll take you down to Fist City You know who you are, I ain’t gonna name names Just keep your hands off my country and go back from where ya came My country, my damn country Gimme my country, you can keep the rest This is my country, my damn country And it don’t mean a thing if it don’t pass the test If you ain’t never done something you regret Well, then I’m proud of ya, now git Get this pussified, polished, pop song piece of Glorified nursery rhyme outta my face Wintertime, springtime, summertime, autumn Show me to the jukebox and Yoakam if you got ‘em I want country like Johnny, country like Merle Country like Loretta, that honky tonk girl Country like Townes, country like Travis I’m a country-fried junkie with a bad habit Country like Kris, country like Gretchen If you ain’t cooking country then get out of the kitchen I want country like Hank one, two, and three Dropping like peaches from the family tree Country like women, whiskey, and wheels Yeah I know if it’s country cuz I know how it feels Country like Waylon, country like Willie Country like lightning in a hillbilly This is my country, my damn country Gimme my country, you can keep the rest This is my country, my damn country And it don’t mean a thing if it don’t pass the test If you can’t sing along to Tear in my Beer Then don’t forget your coat and get the fuck out here
2.
Sweet Maria 03:03
If I had a car, we’d drive down to the ocean You’d call it el mar, and we’d lay out in the sand And if the sun was shining, I’d cover you with lotion Talk about the fine things and forget the second hand Oh Maria, dance a little closer Close your eyes and don’t say anything Don’t believe the sirens on Figueroa Just listen to Carmelita sing Las Mañanitas Sweet Maria And if I had a plane, we’d fly to Costa Rica Land atop a mountain and look down on the world I’d learn to speak Spanish, we’d eat comida rica And everything would vanish that we didn’t want in our world Oh Maria, dance a little closer Close your eyes and don’t say anything Don’t believe the sirens on Figueroa Just listen to Carmelita sing Las Mañanitas Sweet Maria And if I wasn’t me, I wouldn’t blow my money On cocaine mariachi, and we could do all that kind of stuff And maybe I’d never worry that you weren’t gonna love me That I’d wake up and find you burned me cuz I didn’t have enough for you Maria, dance a little closer Close your eyes and don’t say anything Don’t believe the sirens on Figueroa Just listen to Carmelita sing Las Mañanitas Sweet Maria
3.
I wrote this song for all my no good friends who’s just getting by, just like me Leaving the bar, my breath’s as hard as regular gasoline Fire up a bone while I’m swerving home, blowing smoke like a Model T Wake up to a cup as black as tar, go to work and get beat like a mule I’m just as empty as I am poor, so I’m running on fuel I’m running on fuel, it’s all I can do To get up and make it through Coffee in the morning, whiskey in the evening Cigarettes all day long I’m running low on faith and lower on pride I’m out of love, but I still gotta drive I feel like a fool, but it’s all I can do I’m running on fuel I ain’t lazy, and I ain’t no martyr, I ain’t leaning on Uncle Sam I just drink coffee like crazy, whiskey like water, and smoke like a power plant I’m running on fuel, it’s all I can do To get up and make it through Coffee in the morning, whiskey in the evening Cigarettes all day long I’m running low on faith and lower on pride I’m out of love, but I still gotta drive I feel like a fool, but it’s all I can do I’m running on fuel Sometimes getting by seems harder than dying But something in a man just makes him keep on trying Ain’t got no wife, ain’t got no kids that I know of, it’s hard enough as it is To work all day then make it to that barstool, I’m running on fuel I’m running on fuel, it’s all I can do To get up and make it through Coffee in the morning, whiskey in the evening Cigarettes all day long I’m running low on faith and lower on pride I’m out of love, but I still gotta drive I feel like a fool, but it’s all I can do I’m running on fuel
4.
Fade to Blue 04:31
I could fight like a wounded soldier And allow the war to rage I could work like a slave, enduring everyday Although Master wields no chains I could take a knife and cut ties And leave you without a clue But I knew when I saw your green eyes like mine We could only fade to blue No fighting now Tie on down Lover, light the spoon Fix enough for two Stick a needle in Feel it flowing through And fade to blue By a trick of magic light Our sunset lights the view I could make myself believe it for a time But it’d only fade to blue No fighting now Tie on down And light the spoon Lover, be a friend Stick a needle in Feel it flowing through And fade to blue No fighting now Tie on down Lover, light the spoon Fix enough for two, my friend Stick a needle in Feel it flowing through And fade to blue
5.
Wait for Me 04:36
I know it’s been awhile since we’ve kissed or even since I’ve seen you And once again we went too long without talking So I hope I didn’t disturb you, but it’s Sunday and I’m lonely And I know 7:15’s too early to be calling But this ain’t gonna take long, I’ll let you fall back asleep soon I was hoping maybe you could ease my worried mind Now there ain’t no damn way I can love someone else like I loved you And I know that it might be a long time But could you wait for me And stay true for me Save your lips for me Sleep alone for me Could you wait for me You told me on multiple occasions you weren’t gonna love no one like you loved me We’ll never be that innocent again I gave you everything I had till I didn’t have myself I lost myself in you and I’d do it all over again And I will wait for you And stay true for you Save my lips for you Sleep alone for you I will wait for you Now it won’t be too long till I’m coming back to visit But it could be a year till I’m back for good Now I’m asking you a question, but if you don’t wanna, then don’t tell me But if the answer’s yes, I really wish you would Can you wait for me And stay true for me Save your lips for me Sleep alone for me Cuz I will wait for you And be good for you Save my heart for you Buy a ring for you I will wait for you If you wait for me I will wait for you If you wait for me

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released November 17, 2015

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