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ain't it hard?

by A.S. Coomer

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ain't it hard? 07:43
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I keep vampire teeth in my front pocket Cos you always liked it when I's sharp And I learned how to beat on this ol' guitar So I can make a home in the backbeat of yer heart I dyed all my hair jet black Borrowed a Misfits shirt & never gave it back And I learned to love the Grateful Dead And I laid with you in yer big brass bed But you put my love in a wet paper sack And it's hard & it's hard Ain't it hard? To sing a song so sad & so blue Pining away with the memory of you I keep jack-o-lanterns burning on my front porch Feeding these bad habits & smoking like a torch And there were things you taught me I never should have learned I tried cooking with your fire And the whole kitchen burned And it's hard & it's hard Ain't it hard? To sing a song so sad & so blue Pining away with the memory of you Don't this road look rough and hard? Glinting glass and shining shards Don't this road stretch on and on? Next cool breeze snd I'm gone And it's hard & it's hard Ain't it hard? To sing a song so sad & so blue Pining away with the memory of you And it's hard & it's hard Ain't it hard? To sing a song so sad & so blue Pining away with the memory of you
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used to be even (now so odd) 04:05
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The man said You can sleep When you're dead Clover honey You can drip it In my eyes It's a sweepstakes That you'll never win A golden ticket To a burned down town Turn me Round on my head Spirit ditch dreaming On an applebed Blades grow Between my toes I gotta run, dear I have to go And you wasted All yer days On being afraid On being afraid And all the rest of yer days Are getting away They're getting away "Don't try" You'll get crushed by the sky Magnetic black clouds Seek rust-ridden heart I'm spent soil Yer a prize-winning rose My shadowed garden Needs sun to grow And you wasted All yer days On being afraid On being afraid And all the rest of them days Are getting away They're getting away And you wasted All yer days On being afraid On being afraid And all the rest of yer days Are getting away They're getting away
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DIY 04:54
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He got a heart like a fever He'll burn you down Stack you up like kindling He burnt 'em all down But don't forget Who you were You gotta watch out for the darkness It's all around You can't just walk out with not shoes on With all this blood on the ground But don't forget Who they were You live your life Until the livings all gone You fight for more days But the night has come You'd pray but you know that line went dead &, besides, you'd rather do it yourself They say we're all the same people I can't believe that's the truth When I see so many dying Well, that's the living proof But don't forget Who they were
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ain't got long 02:53
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Baby's on the front porch shucking that corn Shucking that corn Baby's on the front porch shucking that corn So early in the morning Well, I been in the back patch pulling them weeds A-picking them weeds A-tugging them weeds I been in the back patch pulling them weeds That noontime sun sure burns hot Bobtail cat with eyes that gleam Flashing green Fierce and mean Bobtail cat with eyes that gleam Leaves only feathers That long dark night with its wicked breeze Wicked Breeze That long dark night with its wicked breeze Cleaves down to the marrow I'll sing you a song but I ain't got long Ain't got long, Ain't got long I'll sing you a song but I ain't got long So long it's been good to know yuh
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weak (come wind blow) 04:39
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On the lamb again Eating pork- Rinds & tater tots Every sip is a shot i say goodbye to my former selves Put them bad books back on the shelf Steel up this sadsack heart Weak from the start Weak from the start, Lord Weak from the start Trouble comes & grows & grows And I've been weak from the start Come wind blow The way I feel? Come wind blow Blackouts & what-you-dids Stacked up like bills Shouldn't have been out drinking On all them pills On them pills, Lord I've been on them pills Just went out for a little ride Found a fistful of pills Come wind blow The way I feel? Come wind blow
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spit on my grave (that mighty nolin) 05:24
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Always keep that devil in yer heart Always keep that devil in yer heart When the rain's a-howling And the wind won't seem to quit Won't you please? Keep that devil in yer heart Won't you bring them black clouds along Won't you bring them black clouds along That spiteful sun, well, He had his chance to shine Won't you bring them black clouds along? Don't forget to spit on my grave Don't forget to spit on my grave When I finally find an ending And escape this wretched plane Don't forget to spit on my grave That mighty Nolin

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released November 2, 2023

All songs written, performed, & recorded by A.S. Coomer
w/ the addition of some harmonies by Rachel Coomer
ain't it hard? © A.S. Coomer 2023

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A.S. Coomer Elizabethtown, Kentucky

Folk. Americana. Narratives. Ambient Instrumentals. Aubades. Nocturnes. Poetry. Rock & roll. Psychedelia. Alt- Country.

Five of my tunes were published by The Museum of Americana.

Rural Eminence Volumes One, Two, & Three are instrumental reflections of the rural life.

Songs for Leaving is a poetry/music fusion.

I've got tons of projects cooking.

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