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(Carley Baer, James Hall, Jim Schwall) Performed by: Carley Baer - vocals, accordion / James Hall - vocals, acoustic guitar / Jim Schwall - bass guitar, background vocals / Marcus Trana - drums / Barrett Tasky - piano, organ, electric guitar

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Start my day with a rum and coke
A sticky bun and a spliff to smoke
Got my job as a checkout clerk
Wrecked my car on the way to work

Asked my boss if he’d take me back
If I cleared out his storage shack
His wife reached out and I did not run
Now she’s pregnant with my son

Bad choices
Bad choices
I know I got no defense
But it’s all making sense to me now

I was talking with my best friend
How we should be rich for all we spend
Low-grade coke and ecstasy
The money could come so easily

We had a friend down in Ecuador
We booked a flight to make the score
Now there’s a shotgun barrel pointin’ at me
And I’m tied to a chair in Tennessee

Bad choices
Bad choices
I know I got no defense
But it’s all making sense to me now

Well I’m just trying to live my life
But my mama says I ain’t thinkin’ right
Gonna show the world how good I been
When I make my way on top again………

I went down to the bottle shop
Pushed my way past the rent-a-cop
5-to-10 is too long to serve
For $20 in the register

I turned to run but he gave me chase
He hit me with a billy club across my face
Now I’m sitting here in the city jail
I guess some plans are bound to fail

Bad choices
Bad choices
I know I got no defense
But it’s all making sense to me now

Bad choices
Bad choices
I know I got no defense
But it’s all making sense to me now

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from Dark Songs Vol. 6, released October 30, 2015

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A 1952 motel taken over by musicians in 2007 for the purpose of creating and hosting collaborative songwriting events, The Holiday Music Motel is the world's only motel with its own internet radio station that plays 100% self-generated content 24/7.

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