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Dime store trash
And paperbacks
Cheap red wine
In paper bags
I’ve got all that I could need
Walking home
In the rain
Marquee says
There’s a picture playin’
Called She’ll Make a Man Outa Me

I’d run myself ragged
I’d ring the quitting bell
I’d cut my kin from every one
Of the stories that I tell
If I thought it would make a difference
He’d be an easy sell
But when God’s away on business
Your tears go straight to hell

The rats have come
to drank the wine
Puts a hitch in
Suppertime
What’s a lonely man to do

They dance along
The wooden floor
Where you and I
Had danced before
Back when I had everything to lose

I’d run myself ragged
I’d ring the quitting bell
I’d cut my kin from every one
Of the stories that I tell
If I thought it would make a difference
He’d be an easy sell
But when God’s away on business
Your tears go straight to hell

Morning time
Is here again
I have to ask
What kind of friend
Would take everything that gives me thrills

Nighttime comes
To say hello
And make sure
I ain’t running low
On wishes, memories, and pills

I’d run myself ragged
I’d ring the quitting bell
I’d cut my kin from every one
Of the stories that I tell
If I thought it would make a difference
He’d be an easy sell
But when God’s away on business
Your tears go straight to hell

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from Long Way Home: The Lost Horse Tapes, released June 16, 2020

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Ryan Necci and the Buffalo Gospel Nashville, Tennessee

Ryan Necci and the Buffalo Gospel delivers through a virtual “who’s-who” of crack Midwest musicians who have assembled around Necci’s heartfelt and heartbreaking songs. Their wildcat live performances take listeners to a dusty, forlorn, but strangely familiar place that simply gets sweeter with time. ... more

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