CREDITS

Keith England - Living Proof

ME & VIRGINIA

Whiskey and cigarettes are the first things we’ll get

When we hit the big time on this you can bet

If I had a dollar for every dollar I’ve spent

I’d throw a party and invite my friends

No one who loves me ever sends me a text

Just predatory lenders and collectors of debts

Oh lord, forgive me, we done it again

Me and Virginia, we just spent the rent.

Me and Virginia have a hobby or two

We don’t mind the pills, we sure like the booze

Every occasion is special to me

So break out the Oxis and we’ll all be free

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God damn these tickets, a dollar a scratch

Things would be better if they’d buy them back

I feel like a jumper who just missed the net

Me and Virginia, we just spent the rent.

I love Virginia more than anyone I’ve met

We don’t ask for nothing and that’s what we get

I love Virginia more than anyone I’ve met

Oh lord, forgive us, we just spent the rent

A bed and some blankets are the first things we’ll get

Back at the shelter with friends and regrets

If I had a dollar for every mistake

I’d throw a party and party for days

Me and my friends waitin’ for a turn

The melting pot is hot and the bottom gets burned

Oh Lord, forgive us, we need you again

Me and Virginia and all of our friends

Me and Virginia with the clothes on our backs

Hang from the ledge and slip through the cracks

Every occasion is special indeed

We sing karaoke cause singing’s still free

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God damn these tickets

I don’t have the scratch

Things will be better when we get our car back

Don't know how it happened, but it happened again

Me and Virginia, we just spent the rent

Me and Virginia, we just spent the rent

Me and Virginia, we just spent the rent

(BLANCHETT/ELLIOTT)

BACK TO THE BOTTLE

I got a bed

Down at the rooming house

And a job at the hamburger joint

I got cigarettes

And my sobriety

I just don’t know

What the hell is the point

My momma died

My woman left me

My son’s a junkie

And he just can’t quit

He’s down in Hollywood

Selling his body

Or at least what’s left of it

I’m going back

To the rock

That I crawled out from under

I’m going back

To the bottle again

I got a gun

Gonna rob somebody

Get an eight ball and a bottle of booze

A little somethin’

For coming down

Whatever’s left

I’ll get a new pair of shoes

It’s all my fault

Can’t blame nobody else

For what I’m about to

Do to myself

I had some help

I worked the program too

But twelve steps backwards

Is easy to do

I’m going back

To the rock

That I crawled out from under

I’m going back

To the bottle again

How did it ever get so crazy

How did it ever get so out of control

I’m not stupid or lazy

I guess there’s something wrong

Deep in my soul

Walked thru the door

Of a liquor store

Told everybody to get on the floor

They hit the ground

Too scared to make a sound

The manager on duty opened up the drawer

Gimme the money

That’s all I’m lookin’ for

Then I’ll be on my way, you can rest assured

I saw a flash

Never heard a shot

Was dead before I hit the floor

I guess I’m not

Goin’ back

To the rock

That I crawled out from under

No going back

To the bottle again

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No going back

To the bottle again

(ELLIOTT/ENGLAND)

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MISDEMEANOR

Don’t commit a misdemeanor baby

While you’re committing a felony

Don’t commit a misdemeanor baby

If you’re really breaking the law

Rotten Ralph he did a couple years up in the castle

He lost his smile on Riker’s Island living push to shove.

Throg’s Neck tollbooth it struck him as a hassle

He blew it doing ninety with a kilo in the glove

Inspector Sean be pimpin’ from the Eastie to the West Coast

Bank accounts and real estate reflectin’ sketchy gains

Scared his competition with a weapon at the nightclub

And now the IRS is on him like a hurricane

Don’t commit a misdemeanor baby

While you’re committing a felony

Don’t commit a misdemeanor baby

If you’re really breaking the law

I knew a man, Joe Bangles, and he’d move some weight for you

Flying lower altitude, Jamaica, Cuba too

Stole some fuel in Bay of Pigs, they caught him when he landed

The way he planned it wasn’t doin’ a nickel in the SHU

Don’t commit a misdemeanor baby

While you’re committing a felony

Don’t commit a misdemeanor baby,

If you’re really breaking the law

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You’d better not speed

With ten pounds of weed

Don’t even think about it

Don’t even think about it

Don’t drive drunk

While your moving some junk

Don’t be running red lights

With a body in the trunk

Don’t commit a misdemeanor baby

While you’re committing a felony

Don’t commit a misdemeanor baby

If you’re really breaking the law

Don’t commit a misdemeanor baby

While you’re committing a felony

Don’t commit a misdemeanor baby

If you’re really breaking the law

(ELLIOTT)

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COYOTE BLUES

I’m all alone on this mountaintop

Singin’ my Coyote Blues

I’m all alone on this mountaintop

Singin’ my Coyote Blues

Coyote Blues got me howlin;

Got me howlin’ at the moon

Coyote’s missin’

Coyote’s gone a long time

Coyote’s missin’

Coyote’s gone a long time

Coyote was my brother

He was a friend of mine

And I’ve been howlin’ at the moon

Howlin’ at the moon

You know I’ve been howlin’ at the moon

Howlin’at the moon

Coyote was my brother

Gone away too soon

Coyote’s singin’

Coyote’s singin’ his song

Coyote’s singin’

Coyote’s singin’ his song

Coyote Blues got me howlin

Got me singin’ along

And I’ve been howlin’ at the moon

Howlin’ at the moon

You know I’ve been howlin’ at the moon

Howlin’at the moon

Coyote was my brother

And he’s gone away too soon

I’m all alone on this mountaintop

Singin’ my Coyote Blues

I’m all alone on this mountaintop

Singin’ my Coyote Blues

Coyote Blues got me howlin’

Got me howlin’ at the moon

Coyote’s missin’

Coyote’s gone a long time

Coyote’s missin’

Coyote’s gone a long time

Coyote was my brother

A very good friend of mine

And I’ve been howlin’

Howlin’ at the moon

Yeah I’ve been howlin’

Howlin’ at the moon

Coyote was my brother

Got me howlin’ at the moon

(ELLIOTT/CHADWICK/ELLIOT)

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COUNTRY JUNKIE

There ain’t nothing to do in this town

I drink till I’m drunk, and hang around

Call that number I wish I never knew

And wind up back in trouble with you

I'm back on probation again

Gotta stay away from our old friends

The boys in jail all know seem to each other

Did I tell you one even knew my brother

I’m a country boy and I’m proud of that

I got a big city monkey on my back

Virginia it’s time we face the truth

I’m a country junkie… and you are too

My brother was a stand-up guy

Sometimes I wish it was me who died

Sunday dinners at mommas won’t be the same

And you know I’m holding half of the blame

I’m a country boy and I’m proud of that

I got a big city monkey on my back

Virginia it’s time to face the truth

I’m a country junkie…and you are too

If tragedy is comedy

I got my work cut out for me

I hate to break it to you dear

But you’re in it with me up to here

I’m starin’ in the dragon’s eyes

My little brother never said goodbye

All his messages are right here in my phone

And I play ‘em when I’m feelin’ alone

I’m a country boy and I’m proud of that

Got a big city monkey on my back

Virginia it’s time we tell the truth

I’m a country junkie…and you are too

Yeah

I’m a country junkie…and you are too

(BLANCHETT/ELLIOTT/WATSON)

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I’M AFRAID

I miss those morning goodbyes

I miss those little white lies

“Be careful have a nice day”

Isn’t that what you would say?

Gonna learn to live without you

I’m afraid

I want to step back in time

Back when you were mine

Before our love went wrong

Before I wrote this song

Gonna learn to live without you

I’m afraid

Gonna learn to live without you

I’m afraid

I miss those afternoon calls

I miss those bumps and falls

You’re a habit I can’t shake

Like the drugs I shouldn’t take

Gonna learn to live without you

I’m afraid

Yes I am

You’re always on my mind

You take up all my time

I don’t believe what you say

I still love you anyway

Yes I do

Gonna learn to live without you

I’m afraid

Gonna learn to live without you

I’m afraid

Gonna learn to live without you

I’m afraid

(BLANCHETT/ELLIOTT/MACKEY)

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BACKLESS CHAIR

Backless chair and the cold hard stare

Of the iron sights and five men standing there

Backless chair…it’s my time to go

There’ another man waiting down the row

The way I feel… skip my last meal

Don’t bother me why should I care

Backless chair…woah woah…backless chair

I said pardon me, they said no no no

There’s another man waiting down on the row

Picked up my cell, packed up my things

Five phones in a row, not one rings

Backless chair…woah… backless chair

Said my last prayer, I’m outta here

Whoa Backless chair

Well I had a little bad luck

Then no luck at all

The state relieved me of my rights

I made one bad mistake

And I’m payin’ for it with my life

Open fire, boys

I got no will to survive

I owe the state my last breath

Here come the governor

Time to collect

Five cold barrels Ten cold eyes

Five men working One retires

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Backless chair

It’s my time to go

I said pardon me, they said no no no

There’s another man waiting down on the row

Tell the guard I’m sorry

For the mess I left behind

Tell mama I’m sorry for dying while she’s still alive

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Five cold barrels Ten cold eyes

Five men working, one man retires

Backless chair whoa backless chair

I said pardon me, they said no no no

There’s another man waiting down the row

Backless chair and the cold hard stare

Of the iron sights and five men standing there

Backless chair…it’s my time to go

There’ another man waiting down the row

(BLANCHETT/ELLIOT/ENGLAND)