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You Won't Be Nobody Like This

from Somewhere Not Here by Justin Hancock

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Justin Hancock - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
Brian Kilrain - double bass

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the father sat rocking and his voice filled with shame
pointed a finger at his wife saying you're the one to blame
while the children in the corner tried to hide from the rage
of the old man

the whiskey was strong it went straight to his head
as he stole from the chair and dragged the wife to the bed
as the door shut she turned and she said
to the children

well you won't be nobody like this

the mother woke up and ran a brush through despair
and tore through the home casting dust in the air
told her only son to sit in the chair
and listen

here's my last dollar you got to be gone
down to the city to a man I had known
show him my locket and tell him you've come
to labor

cause you won't be nobody like this

the son left home with the coin in his hand
and caught a ride south with a traveling man
selling oils and skins and dreams in his head
to the country

but as they left town a lawman appeared
grabbed the oilskin man by the tuft of his beard
the gun from his belt scattered money and wares
as he shot him

and you can't be nobody like this

the son tried to run with his back to the wind
but a bullet caught up and ripped through his flesh
he fell to the earth and turned with a grin to the lawman
and said

open your eyes
you'll see paradise
you'll see your life
before you

and just wait
don't speak
I've some words
left for you

well you won't be nobody like this

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from Somewhere Not Here, released March 22, 2011

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