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Momma’s Song
M. Litton

I’ve been fightin’ it, I ain’t denyin’ it
Makin’ waves where seas are calm
I’m the kinda guy that makes his mamma cry
Everything I do is wrong
So Mamma why do you even try
To help me carry on...
Take my picture off the mantle, throw it in the fire
Git my suitcase out from behind the couch
And send your love by wire

I swear I wasn’t born to plant no corn
Nor mow the meadow hay
And I’ll never plow no matter how much the landlord pays
He beat my father down into the ground
Into a dirty tenant grave...
So take my picture off the mantle, throw it in the fire
Git my suitcase out from behind the couch
And send your love by wire

‘Cause I’m headed straight down the interstate
I’ll take the highway to the sea
I gonna ride the rails till I sail through that drifter’s dream
And if I fail, don’t ever tell ‘em
That you cried for me
And if I fail, don’t ever tell
That you cried for me.

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from Rootless Seed, released January 1, 2001

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The Gothic Cowboy/The Border Band Lawrence, Kansas

I'm a creekbank ghetto boy. Began my singin' near half a century ago in Canada, then hit northeast, down thru Nashville, Austin, out to Colorado and back to Kansas where I started out and will likely remain. My influences are Leadbelly, Jimmie Rodgers, CCR and The Band, while the juices of a hundred others flavor my music, not to mention the devil himself if that's what it takes to make a song... ... more

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