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bootlegger's blues - hammertowne lyrics

[verse 1]
there ain’t no work in the mountains since they shut down the mines
i got a wife and six children and they’re hungry all the time
so i had to find another way, not one that i’m proud of
but the union says it’s hopeless, and we can’t live on luck
we really need some groceries and the rent’s way overdue
that’s why i’ve got the bootlegger’s blues

[chorus]
lookin’ over my shoulder
a short step from the long arm of the law
these old mountain roads are dangerous
especially with a load of alcohol
i don’t wanna make my wife a widow, leave my kids without a dad
but i’d rather be in the graveyard than to see ’em starve to death
i got nothin’ left, do what i have to do
that’s why i’ve got the bootlegger’s blues

[verse 2]
well i used to be an honest man with dignity and pride
but they say i can’t dig coal no more, and i have to provide
i don’t want their welfare; that’s all i’ve got to say
they can stick it where the sun don’t shine, ’cause i make my own way
my heart is in this holler; i don’t wear no leavin’ shoes
i’d rather have the bootlegger’s blues
[chorus]
lookin’ over my shoulder
a short step from the long arm of the law
these old mountain roads are dangerous
especially with a load of alcohol
i don’t wanna make my wife a widow, leave my kids without a dad
but i’d rather be in the graveyard than to see ’em starve to death
i got nothin’ left, do what i have to do
that’s why i’ve got the bootlegger’s blues

[outro]
i got nothin’ left, do what i have to do
that’s why i’ve got the bootlegger’s blues

- hammertowne lyrics

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