No One Rides for Free

from 'Shine by Acoustic Kitty Project

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lyrics

daddy drinks a fifth of poison every single day
some things in this world you just can't kill.
momma cries herself to sleep. it's always been that way.
she thinks it always will.

i left home when I was 22
for the love of a green-eyed girl.
no idea what we were gonna do
two of us against the world.

And Life don't give a good Goddamn about your dreams.
you only learn nothing is what it seems.
If you're looking for love or digging for gold
the only rule on the road:

No One Rides for Free.

The green-eyed girl she left me for an illusion
sometimes you just can't tell.
so I lift that poison to my lips to calm the confusion.
After all, it's just as well.

if I could sleep at all I'd dream of runnin' away.
hear there's work down South if you got skill.
But I'll wake up tomorrow and face another day
after all there's some things in this world you just can't kill

And Life don't give a good Goddamn about your dreams
you only learn nothing is what it seems.
if you're lookin for love or digging for gold
the only rule on the road:

No One Rides for Free.

credits

from 'Shine, released December 7, 2013
Carter Lansing - Guitars, vocals, bass & percussion
Bill Matlack, Jr. - Drums
Dan DeChellis - Keys
Recorded and mixed at Holland Studios. Mastered at Dan's House Studio.

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Acoustic Kitty Project Easton, Pennsylvania

Acoustic Kitty Project takes its name from a failed CIA experiment to implant listening devices in stray cats. And like its namesake, this is an ill advised and expensive project. But, we do it anyway.

Soulful acoustic music with heartfelt lyrics about love, loss, sweetness and sorrow. ... more

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