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The Subway Blues #2

from Roger Manning (RM2) by Roger Manning

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standing "hands-a-pocket" on a real fast train
cracked like safety glass
smashed, but still in one piece
i always wanted edge in my songs,
but then you bleed when you sing
and yo, that's no good

...i used to play her like a song
yes i would
i'd grab her heart strings, pull real hard.
half the time i was wrong
yes i was
half the time i was compelled
now i miss the girl
now i got the blues
i knew trouble when i seen it, but what can you do
i never really wanted to break her
just wanted to wake her up
wake up baby, it's time to go home...

i know trouble when i see it, but what can you do?
and i've never been good at moving on, must of been behind
the door when they handed out walking shoes
and like the constitution, you don't change, you just amend
yeah, but i don't know...
and she don't know either

she could never be the star of county down
barefoot in the country, hair chestnut brown
so what do i care anyways?

i know trouble when i see it, but what can you do?
wake up baby, it's time to go home.

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from Roger Manning (RM2), released September 28, 2015

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Roger Manning New York, New York

The first Roger Manning album was released by California punk recording label SST (Black Flag, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr.). I toured the US and occasionally bits of Europe for over 10 years performing wordy-solo-rock accompanied by bass-heavy amplified 'acoustic' guitar. There's been a bit of re-emergence since 2007 and the album release in December 2014. ... more

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