Only Glass Houses

from Ryan McGillicuddy And The Adventurers For Draining The Dismal Swamp by Ryan McGillicuddy

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Just one way streets and they're all dead ends
Gonna quit this town while I ain't ahead
The sheriff's on the take and the preacher lays them in the reeds
I tried my best to prove who I am
But they all say I'm what my daddy is
And there's only glass houses far as the eye can see
Don't mean a damn thing to me

I hit the bottom hard when Dale got out
But he knocked one over and he's back in now
And I'm clean, well I'm not but I'm pretty sure I could be
I'll keep each sip out of my lips reach
Trust me babe I won't touch a thing
That Kentucky girl dressed in a bottle of devil's dreams
Don't mean a damn thing to me

The pot calls with tongue black as night
No thoughts to the beam stuck in his eye
They can throw their stones till their hands bleed
Don't mean a damn thing to me

So take my hand I've got a place to be
Where choices ain't thin as misery
And I'm drunk as hell on the possibilities
Nothing's forever but we'll get close
Can't give you it all but I'll give you the most
You've got more truth than anything I've ever seen
Nothing else means a damn thing to me
Don't mean a damn thing to me

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from Ryan McGillicuddy And The Adventurers For Draining The Dismal Swamp, released September 13, 2012
Ryan McGillicuddy: Guitar, Vocals
Chad Wilbur: Banjo
Jesse Dalton: Bass
Paul Adams: Drums, Vocals

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