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I just smoked my eighteenth cigarette
And I don’t smoke
Crushing empty beer cans
Is a skill that’s finely honed
There’s an infomercial on TV
That I’ve been watching for an hour
Well okay, that’s right
I’m like the perfect country song tonight
You’ve emptied out your closet
It’s a lonely, open door
You’re perfume doesn’t linger now
The silence is a roar
If I could just turn back that clock
And you’d walk through that door
But I can’t, and you won’t
I’m like the perfect country song tonight
Since you took to the friendly skies
And that big bird flew away
I’ve been stuck here grounded
Home is where I always stay
I’ve choked down my last cigarette
Beer cans crowd my thigh
The infomercial’s droning on
I’ve closed my sad sack eyes
I think I’ll call a lonely friend
And see if he’ll drop by
Cause it’s just not right
I’m like the perfect country song tonight
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Brand New Air Mattress
04:14
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The day she up and threw you out
You kind of lost your head
You hacked up all the furniture
With a Saws All as you left
And now she’s sleeping on the floor
It’s hard to make amends
You’ve really got no place to go
Thank God for lonely friends
I’ve got a brand new air mattress
You can lay on the kitchen floor
Right next to my Hotpoint reefer
Filled with a case of Coors
You can snuggle up to the table leg
And down that case of brew
Lay back on that mattress
And blame her while you stew
Well old chum, I’ve been there once
I know just what it’s like
So here’s to us, let’s drink on up
We’ll share the pain and strife
I know my head is screwed on tight
I’ll plumb my fertile mind
On love and loss and quick divorce
Then we can pass out blind
Chorus
We’ve pondered life’s eternals
And seen just where its led
How two such handsome, charming guys
Could cash in all their chips
And feel like lonely losers
It’s time we got a grip
Here’s a couple comfy blankets
It’s time to say goodnight
Don’t succumb to bouts of swearing
Remember I sleep light
Please don’t use the telephone
You know she’ll leave you scars
I’ve done enough consoling now
And you can thank your lucky stars
Chorus
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Redneck Ear Candy
03:23
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She lived that small town rancher’s dream
She was last year’s rodeo queen
In a sequined dress
On a bloodline breeding mare
She loved her Nashville country stars
The swooning songs with hot guitars
And he caught her ear
As the chorus came around
She played that red neck ear candy
Sung by an outlaw dandy
Who was so unlike
The wholesome boys she’d known
His songs were filled with danger
Broken hearts and long lost angels
And she fell in love
Like a million girls before
The smooth refrains and country churn
Gave his act the hottest burn
With the well placed licks
On his twanging red guitar
A kerchief tied around his neck
The silk brocade piped down his leg
To the snakeskin boots
Of a spangled country star
She played that red neck ear candy
Sung by an outlaw dandy
Who was so unlike
The wholesome boys she’d known
His songs were filled with danger
Broken hearts and long lost angels
And she fell in love
Like a million girls before
She landed a young CPA
Who’d helped her out on filing day
He was buttoned down
And always showed for work
She loved her three piece suited man
She squeezed him tight and held his hand
But her secret life
Was always with the band
She lived that red neck ear candy
Sung by an outlaw dandy
Who was so unlike
The wholesome boys she’d known
His songs were filled with danger
Broken hearts and long lost angels
And she fell in love
Like a million girls before
Yes she fell in love
Like a million girls before
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When you’re driving in your Hummer
Down the highway late at night
You’re blowing a J while the radio plays
You know you’re feeling all right
That’s not the time
To press the pedal to the metal
My friend you’d better think twice
Cause you’re doing 87 in marijuana heaven
When the cops saw you blow by
The flashing blue lights in the middle of the night
Made you realize
That you never do
More than one stupid thing at a time
Do just one and life will turn out fine
No you never do
More than one stupid thing at a time
Do just one and life will turn out fine
ONCE, TWICE
YOU’RE SKATING ON THIN ICE
TWO, THREE
GAME OVER, YOU’RE NOT HOME FREE
Now you’re standing in the courtroom
In the glare of the harsh spotlight
With a shiny medallion and a sideways cap
Wearing low slung baggy blue pants
That’s not the time
To be telling the judge
You’re standing up for your rights
Cause he’s holding the cards on more than one charge
Involving both traffic and vice
The look in his eye is telling you why
He’ll give you the maximum twice
For doing
More than one stupid thing at a time
Do just one and life will turn out fine
No you never do
More than one stupid thing at a time
Do just one and life will turn out fine
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Tom Arnold Portland, Oregon
I enjoy the challenge of writing indifferent styles and genres. I have been described as "A pop savvy Americana
artist".
In addition to my EPs,"Redneck Ear Candy" and "Voices From the Fringe", I have released three singles in 2018.
"Hidden Hearts" is a love lost pop ballad.
"Queen of the Nile" is a pop/country ballad.
"I Am An Irish Writer" is a tongue in cheek Irish Folk tune.
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