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The musician's name is Alejandro Rose-Garcia and he originates from Texas.

[Lyrics]
yeah so it goes
yeah so it goes
that sweet heirloom 
them abbey stones

oh take a chance and roll the bones
cut off your hair
unplug your phone

yeah and sell your belongings
all your clever drawings try to make a dollar
from the grave
but whose  to blame

well so it goes
yeah so it goes
them city boys in country clothes
oh take a chance and roll the bones
go crash your car
burn down your home

yeah try to forget all your enemies and debts
yeah try to forget all them enemies and debts 
they’ll just chase you round and give you sour dreams

yeah so it seems

yeah so struggle all you like
yeah put up the good fight
they say someday everybody dies alone
yeah struggle all you like
put up the good fight
they say someday everybody dies alone
but hey
who knows
yeah hey who knows
yeah hey who really knows

Shakey Graves - Roll The Bones - 03 Roll The Bones

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The musician's name is Alejandro Rose-Garcia and he originates from Texas.

[Lyrics]
this lazy livin’ yeah it sure tastes good
lets make a killin’ down in Hollywood

and buy ourselves some nice fancy home in the hills
spend all our fancy ol’ time spendin’ ten dollar bills

watch out
cause here I come bored and lazy
here I come no dignity 
so long sad city of angels you aint been very good to me
you take that blood right from my body
oh you take the bone out of my spine
so long sunny California you aint no friend of mine

so New York City yeah I’ll see you soon
spend all my money on some elbow room
wander around like i got someplace fancy to go
I’m the king of Brooklyn for all you know

watch out cause here I come
bored and lazy 
yeah here i come just passin’ through
oh follow me beyond the mountain
go howl the ol’ big moon
yeah strip them clothes right off your body
dress your skin in sticks and stones
doesn’t matter where were headed cause
some of us were built
some of us were built
some of us were built to roam

Shakey Graves - Roll The Bones - 02 Built To Roam

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The musician's name is Alejandro Rose-Garcia and he originates from Texas.

[Lyrics]
we’re social mutts thus
nothing really suits us
roaming is a local curse
(but hey it could be worse)
fuck getting by 
go quit your job 
lets get drunk in a parking lot

I’ve seen North Dakota
I’ve seen the west sea
now i travel by rail so they cant find me
no use wonderin’ where
to rest your feet
spilt milk 
on borrowed mink my sweet

come skin your knees with us
life’s too short for business lunch

Shakey Graves - Roll The Bones - 06 Business Lunch

Letting Off The Happiness: A Companion

Contrast And Compare (Companion Version)

"Stay Open" is Song 5 of The Districts EP, representing one of two new tracks packaged with three hits, as The Districts readied for their full length (and now released) LP.  

Photo by Elizabeth Thorpe with permission.  (Union Transfer Feb14th 2015) 
See her review The Swollen Fox
http://theswollenfox.com/recap-the-districts-union-transfer-02-14-15/

Shakey Graves - Roll The Bones - 06 Business Lunch

Grey Eminence