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The Englishmans Obsession With America (part 2)

from A Decent Man by Michael Weston King

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I need a little place where I can go
You don’t move fast, you just talk slow
A need a little money and a place to sleep
The backyard of my mind, The backyard of my mind

Well I’ve got me a home but it’s way too small
The kids and the dogs they fight and bawl
So I’m gonna find a place that I can call
The backyard of my mind, The backyard of my mind

It’s a hundred above, it’s 40 below, it’s hotter than hell in Mexico
You sleep in the day then you ‘re awake all night
In the backyard of my mind, The backyard of my mind

I’m shaving with a razor that’s five weeks old
The taps are broken and the waters cold
Still I’m smelling pretty good in my cheap cologne
In the backyard of my mind, The backyard of my mind

I left the sun in the north and met the rains down south
As the lightning flashed I burned my mouth
Still I keep on driving down as the thunder clouds roll
The destination is my mind, the backyard of my mind

There’s a black sky ahead, it’s blinking at me
It makes trees look greener than trees should be
When I left home it was way past nine
I’ve lost all sense of time, In the backyard of my mind

So I need a little place where I can go
You don’t move fast, you just talk slow
A need a little money and a place to sleep
The backyard of my mind,
The backyard of my mind
I’m in the backyard of my mind,
The backyard of my mind

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from A Decent Man, released April 10, 2020

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Michael Weston King Montgomery, UK

Former leader of Alt. Country pioneers, The Good Sons, 12 years a solo artist and currently 1/2 of award winning country soul duo My Darling Clementine.

"King has a voice part Nashville balladeer and part Alt Country hero, a cross between Nick Cave and Rodney Crowell"
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