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Morning Angel

from Southerly by T Ferrell

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Based on fiction of Daniel Woodrell and Cormac McCarthy

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Tumbled without warning out of bed this morning, a little uglier than the day before
Have forsaken any expectation of waking on the right side of the bed anymore


Look in the cabinet for my morning angel,
well my angels, they be running low;
If I can rustle up a dram in my coffee; well I just might make it back to zero

Collection bills are like prescription pills, once you start on ‘em, they’ won't never end;
got debts spread round town, too many creditors to count, after last night, those debts are getting called in

Well, I won't sweat no call from no buttoned-up banker, I won’t bow to no collection man in a tie;
but I got one balance sheet that keeps me up at night, I’m on the wrong side of the wrong guys;

So now I'm on the run and holed up with a borrowed gun in this dingy, transient roadside inn;
Tip the desk clerk a $20 and tell him to call me if sees any old swinging dick walk in

Light a smoke and pour a drink, and dim the lights and clutch the loaded shotgun on my knee;
if the shit goes down tonight, son you best believe my philosophy is it’s better him than me.

Since you’ve gone, I’ve been hanging out in the red,
Hold my breath while the water rises over head
If I make it through the night and manage to walk upright out of the blight of this deathtrap motel;
Gonna need a place to rest a spell, a respite from myself; I’ll be alright if you’ll be my morning angel

One last time, be my morning angel

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from Southerly, released May 5, 2015

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T Ferrell Washington, D.C.

Mississippi native Taylor Ferrell writes and performs anti-establishment alt-country music. His populist themes and gritty stories channel Bruce Springsteen and Steve Earle. On his debut album, Jesus Year, Ferrell weaves whiskey-soaked tales of Mississippi working class heroes doing battle with corrupt preachers, man-eating vultures, and Confederate Generals. ... more

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