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Pretty Penny (Josh Harty, Jamey Clark, Make Keene) Josh Harty - vocs, acous. guitar / Make Keene - upright bass / Jamey Clark - drums / Barrett Tasky - mandolin
Engineer: Barrett Tasky

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Keep it together ‘til a wedding
Up ‘til you say I do
Walk you down the aisle, everyone will smile
Thinking that I love you
I’ve got my eye, my eye on a prize
I’ve got my eye, my eye on a prize

Worked those many years for your daddy
Long hours at the paper mill
Pay wasn’t high and I knew I would die
If not for the love of you
So I tried, to catch your eye
So I tried, to catch your eye

It all came clear to me one day
What it was I would do
A sickness in your eye so I knew I could climb
And be a part of your family tree
Take my part of your dowry
Take my part of your dowry

Put in my time, drink your wine
Wait ‘til I dig your grave
Ain’t nothing more than a pretty penny made
And oh how they’ll pity me
Oh how they’ll pity me

Ten years on I thought you’d be gone
Oh how the tables turn
Your sickness finally found someone to take down
I’m going to hell to burn
I guess I get what I deserve
It’s a hard lesson learned

I thought I’d put in my time, just drink your wine
Now you’re digging my grave
Ain’t nothing more than a pretty penny made
And oh how they pity me
Oh how they pity me

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from Dark Songs Vol. 11, released October 30, 2020

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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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