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Lucky Old Son

from Homemade Songs 2014 by Ben Blair

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An older tune, written in probably 2008, played and recorded with my former band. Here's a new solo take on the hopeful dystopian ballad.

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they say that i'm a lucky
a lucky old son
cause i'm always still here
when it's all done
with the outlaws and the drunks
and the broken hearted fools
the smoke blocking out the son
and them days without you

it's dark and it's dirty
when the drought ends it floods
the poor broken bodies
are all covered in mud
the singing sounds like dying
it's all choked up in tears
but they still call me lucky
cause i'm still here

the fields they're all barren
the meat it's gone bad
things now are a little worse
than what i once had
the trees are black and rotten
and the houses are too
but they still call me lucky
because i've made it longer than you

the good folks are all gone
ones even younger than me
the roots and the branches
torn from all the family trees
but they still call me lucky
i hear they still do
but i ain't sure i'm convinced
ain't believing that it's true

i don't consider myself lucky
to live in such a place
where i can't stand to look at
a single human face
where the snakes and the poison
have killed off all the birds
and i can't stand to repeat
a single thing i've heard

but maybe there's still somewhere
somewhere that's better than here
i place that i could find
maybe one of these years
a place where the smoke
don't block out the sun
and maybe one of these days i could have myself
a lucky old son

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from Homemade Songs 2014, track released January 17, 2015

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Ben Blair Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Ben Blair is a singer/songwriter based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

His sound and original compositions are influenced by a variety of genres including folk, country, rock, old time, bluegrass and punk.

His debut full length solo album, Rings Hollow is due out February 14, 2020.
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