Lyrics:

Grace got torn from her house and home
The one who threw her out can't stand to be alone.
Couple of days, girl took her place,
she's wearing Gracie's clothes.
Drove 'til she ran out of gas,
Sleeps under the overpass
Nerves are thin, can't settle in,
The neighbors move too fast.

Danny's in a fix that's becomin a mess,
Turnin into hell full of girls and debt.
Young man stuck with a lifetime's woe.
One year that'll haunt the rest.
Turned down hands that'd drag him up,
Thought they'd rip his gold link cuffs.
A helpless man who says he can,
The dumbest kind of tough.

Tommy's in deep with some dirty folks,
They're catchin up fast and he hustles too slow.
Can't help but drag his feet,
Sold his shoes to pay off loans.
A pair of hunters givin chase,
Tryin to make him hatchet-faced.
Lookin slick and movin quick,
No time, got lives to waste.

Polly left town and the Earth I guess,
Needle in the arm, spring in her step.
Hit the right ticket in the wrong lottery,
Lotta reasons to lose that debt.
Crowded church when we said goodbye,
Fulla long speeches and longer lines.
Polly woulda loved em couldn't stand to be above em,
Shame they were so fine.

- J. McDermott, July 2016


With: Tiger, Danny, Johnny Mac, and Michael
Recorded Summer 2016 in Massachusetts

Hard Luck

Candlepin Slim