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"James McMurtry"
"James McMurtry"
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"James McMurtry"
"James McMurtry"
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жанры: alt-country, americana, singer-songwriter
альбомы: Childish Things
We Can't Make It Here
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James McMurtry
жанры: alt-country, americana, singer-songwriter
альбомы: Childish Things
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Theres a Vietnam Vet with a cardboard sign Sitting there by the left turn line The flag on his wheelchair flapping in the breeze One leg missing and both hands freeNo ones paying much mind to him The V.A. budgets just stretched so thin And now theres more coming back from the Mideast war We cant make it here anymoreAnd that big ol building was the textile mill That fed our kids and it paid our bills But they turned us out and they closed the doors 'Cause we cant make it here anymoreYou see those pallets piled up on the loading dock Theyre just gonna sit there til they rot Cause theres nothing to ship, nothing to pack Just busted concrete and rusted tracksEmpty storefronts around the square Theres a needle in the gutter and glass everywhere You dont come down here unless youre looking to score We cant make it here anymoreThe bars still open but man its slow The tip jars light and the registers low The bartender dont have much to say The regular crowd gets thinner each daySome have maxed out all their credit cards Some are working two jobs and living in cars Minimum wage wont pay for a roof, wont pay for a drink If you gotta have proof just try it yourself Mr. C.E.O. See how far 5.15 an hour will go Take a part time job at one your stores I bet you cant make it here anymoreAnd theres a high school girl with a bourgeois dream Just like the pictures in the magazine She found on the floor of the laundromat A woman with kids can forget all thatIf she comes up pregnant whatll she do Forget the career and forget about school Can she live on faith? Live on hope? High on Jesus or hooked on dope When its way too late to just say no You cant make it here anymoreNow Im stocking shirts in the Wal-Mart store Just like the ones we made before Cept this one came from Singapore I guess we cant make it here anymoreShould I hate a people for the shade of their skin Or the shape of their eyes or the shape Im in Should I hate em for having our jobs today No I hate the men sent the jobs awayI can see them all now, they haunt my dreams All lily white and squeaky clean Theyve never known want, theyll never know need Their shit dont stink and their kids wont bleed Their kids wont bleed in their damn little war And we cant make it here anymoreWill I work for food, will I die for oil Will kill for power and to us the spoils The billionaires get to pay less tax The working poor get to fall through the cracksSo let em eat jellybeans let em eat cake Let em eat shit, whatever it takes They can join the Air Force or join the Corps If they cant make it here anymoreSo thats how it is, thats what we got If the president wants to admit it or not You can read it in the paper, read it on the wall Hear it on the wind if youre listening at all Get out of that limo, look us in the eye Call us on the cell phone tell us all whyIn Dayton Ohio or Portland Maine Or a cotton gin out on the great high plains Thats done closed down along with the school And the hospital and the swimming poolDust devils dance in the noonday heat Theres rats in the alley and trash in the street Gang graffiti on a boxcar door We cant make it here anymore
Это интересно:James McMurtry (born March 18, 1962 in Fort Worth, Texas) is a Texas rock and Americana music singer, songwriter, guitarist, bandleader and occasional actor (Daisy Miller, Lonesome Dove). He performs with veteran bandmates and rhythm section The Heartless Bastards (Darren Hess and Ronnie Johnson - Not to be confused with the Cincinnati, OH, band of the same name).His father, novelist Larry McMurtry, gave him his first guitar at age seven. His mother, an English professor, taught him how to play it: "My mother taught me three chords and the rest I just stole as I went along. I learned everything by ear or by watching people."Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography... продолжение
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