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Patron Saint of the Working Poor

from Dark Songs Vol. 6 by Holiday Music Motel

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(Sugar Ransom, Troy Therrien, Patrick Kelly) Performed by: Sugar Ransom - vocals, guitar / Troy Therrien - guitar / Patrick Kelly - bass

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We’ve all been running on borrowed time
But you’ve been running on fumes
Now what fueled you has destroyed you
Now what grew has become tombs

Four part time jobs and a full time dirge
Life had you always spent
Now your rust is in the shower
Now your waste is in your rent

Oh, oh Maria
Patron saint of the working poor
Oh, oh Maria
Keep us safe from needing more

Got a gas can in the back of the car
A tank only goes so far
At the stoplight striking matches
Hoping somethin’ finally sparks

A single match can take it down
All that you can insure
The rats step over and around
All that will not endure

Oh, oh Maria
Patron saint of the working poor
Oh, oh Maria
Keep us safe from needing more

Keepin’ house but not a home
Your whereabouts unknown
Now your children live with strangers
But they’ll never be alone

Retrospective martyrdom
Suicide trying to survive
It was a death by dedication
To the unforgiving grind

Oh, oh Maria
Patron saint of the working poor
Oh, oh Maria
Keep us safe from needing more
Keep us safe from needing more

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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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