Cable Ballad Blues

from Shotgun Pillowcase by Terry Lee Hale

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Cable Ballad Blues

Working the new job, the new kid in town,
Working class white trash folks always putting down
Assholes, I just call them assholes
But I remember Grandpa smiling, talking to me
Saying, “boy be steady, eat your black-eyed peas
You can take it on your shoulder
So don’t be getting wild
Remember what I tell you and you’ll do your Pappy proud"
So I don’t say anything, I don’t let it show
I get on with my business always making a joke
But I’m watching, adding it up and watching
The hiding place, the double locked doors
The display case and what the combinations for
I can’t own it, but maybe I can hold it

I got my chrome plated hide-away gun
I got my high-top shoes
I got a bad case of friendly here
And these I-want-to-get-away-from-here
Cable Ballad Blues

Breakdown shotgun in a pillowcase
Will make a difference you can use
If push comes to shove and all else fails
It’s the little things you know that will do
So go ahead take it back in the woods
I’m going to check back on the trail
We worked too hard to come this far
Now’s not the time to get lazy and fail
Because there ain’t no innocence in the world anymore
I don’t care what they say
I ain’t’ trusting nobody
Especially if they’re coming up this way

I’ve got my chrome plated hide-away gun
I’ve got my high-top shoes
I’ve got a pocketful of nothing way too long
And the I-aim-to-get-away-from-here
Cable Ballad blues

Country folk learn early
How to hold hard and sell dear
And I aim to apply those lessons
To every little bit of what I’m doing here
Because I can’t even hardly help myself
No matter how I try and change
This one’s been a long time coming
And I ain't gonna let it get away
Because I’m not going back to no mountain
And I’ll never have a college degree
Besides, rich folk here have got enough for two
Or they can plant my ass underneath a tree

I’ve got a chrome plated, hide-away gun
I’ve got my high-top shoes
I’ve got a dream of leaving I’ve held too long
And these I-aim-to-get-away-from-here-and-never-come-back
Cable Ballad blues.

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from Shotgun Pillowcase, released December 5, 2007
TLH - vocals, acoustic guitar
CE - programming, keyboards
Ziga Golob - contra bass

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Terry Lee Hale Marseille, France

Currently a resident in Marseille, Hale has been releasing albums for more than three decades. Hale’s work is stubborn and transcendent of genres and deeply evocative in a way that only a true original can be.

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