Pinchgut Town

from I Put The Day Away by Phil Cohen

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lyrics

i was the golden son
now I'm just the lonely one
bet you can't get me out
from the bottom of the barrel now
i watched the summer die
like an old broken friend of mine
and now joni and the bottle
got me swimming in that peril now

i was the salt they laid down the snow
i was the god they cursed in the cold
i was the season that they couldn't wait to get out from
but I'm doing better on a pompeii street
and every day's a little sweeter than a jail yard treat
but I don't get my rocks off living in a pinchgut town

i burned my lover down
now i count the ashes by the pound
bet you can't dig me out
from the bottom of the rubble now
i prayed for morning light
cuz the dark took its toll last night
but I came out swinging
ain't no room for any suckers now

i was the delta that don't sing the blues
i was a river full of concrete shoes
i was the levee that could never hold the water out
but i'm doing better when I stay outside
i've got a ‘37 hindy with a really smooth ride
but it don't blow my socks off floating through a pinchgut town



world has got me roped up hoping that I wouldn't stay
devil’s on the bullhorn digging through my better days
so we drown him in the river so we finally hear the people say

“we lay our rhythm on a broken hymn, he wouldn't let us be”
then we liquor up the choir and climb on the pyre
and as we burn it down I let the whole world see

i am the mouth the hand couldn't feed
i am the man the world didn't need
so I'm singing praises if the people gonna to pull me out
with one way ticket off a hellbound train
and if you're coming with me it would be in vain
cuz you don't get to heaven if your spitting on the holy ground

i was the bread we all couldn't break
i was the prayer we all couldn't fake
i was the reason why the pearly gates are rusted out
but I'm doing better when I'm down on my luck
cuz the river is whiskey and I'm a diving duck
but I don't get my rocks off swimming in a pinchgut,
living in a pinchgut, or sinning in a pinchgut town

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from I Put The Day Away, released March 22, 2024

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