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Pretty Carry
02:48
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They ran you ragged
They bruised you black and blue
My, my, you're looking shaken
You're feeling sore and used
Don't call on pretty Carry
She's done done all that she can do
All those boys from high school
No longer seem so cute
My, my, you used to talk non-stop
But these days you're staying mute
Don't call on pretty Carry
She done done all that she can do
All those plans you made
Seems they're falling through
And all those boys you laid
Wound up petty fools
And now you're freaking out
So you call up your friend, Sue
But she ain't got time now
She got troubles, too
Don't call on pretty Carry
She done done all that she can do
Don't call on pretty Carry
I doubt you'll be that amused
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My inspiration begins
Words fly off of the page
I will pray to no end
For your cute little face
Oh, I pray with my pen
And I write to no end
Till the last note's in place
As a singer of song
You are moving to me
As a mystic I long
For holy union with thee
I feel my phrasing is strong
I know my words won't go wrong
And they will pull you to me
Please ditch your old friend
And come next to me, babe
My lips reek of gin
Some say I'm a disgrace
Folks like my own kin
But it seems I lucked out again
And I penned you in your place
To the fashion I'll bend
If it means I might taste
I will pray to no end
For your cute little face
I pray with my pen
And I write to no end
Till I get the last note in place
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Suffering & Pain
02:58
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You were alone
And you were in debt
And you had struggled and fought it so long
Like nothing else
It wasn't your due
It felt like a curse
That you could not undo
That you could not reverse
You prayed aloud
And you prayed in verse
And you struggled to come to terms
With what it's all really worth
The sky you could touch
The sun you might greet
Or at least you had heard
And tried hard to believe
Come look and see
How we have been blessed
Don't fear being free
But how could you guess
What lied in your wait?
No one could express the ecstasy
That lay outside the gate
It was all just a test
Wove in your fate
'Twas all for the best
All your suffering & pain
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Two Birds
05:17
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I'm so sorry, man
But I'm a bastard in ways
I do what I can
But it's so hard to change
I crashed into her like a jet airplane will
She stumbled to me like a drunk on the reel
We burned down the forest; we burned down the fields
We ran like deserters with the law on our heels
I'm so sorry, man
But I'm a bastard in ways
I do what I can
But it's so hard to change
I derailed it all like a big ol' steam train
A beached whale in the desert, my simple like became
I've considered returning back home to the plains
Where I might find some odd work after changing my name
I'm so sorry, man
But I'm a bastard in ways
I do what I can
But it's so hard to change
I'm so sorry, man
If I caused you pain
But it ain't went as planned
What can I say?
Oh, down the coastline, down the coastline I weave
And gaze in the distance on far away seas
And my faith ain't all that it once used to be
And I'm filled with the deepest of doubts, I'll concede
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Reece Sullivan Lafayette, Louisiana
Originally from Arkansas, and now in Lafayette, LA, I play the surrounding areas regularly. Over the course of the years, I've reinvented myself musically many times: piano to guitar, classical to art rock, art rock to folk, flat picking to finger-picking, solely songwriting to performing. My latest incarnation has me playing out often, sometimes touring, and writing and recording consistently. ... more
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