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Two Ways To Be Worthless

from Things That Can't Be Taught by Wendell Kimbrough

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TWO WAYS TO BE WORTHLESS
Words and Music ©2010 Wendell Kimbrough.

When I hit rock bottom and I slip into the night,
When I leave behind my wife and kids and I drink to feel all right,
When the sadness gets me, and I slip into despair,
When I close my eyes and curl up tight, and I beg to be left there,

Find me where I’m hidin’, look me in the eyes.
Do whatever else it takes to make me tell you why.
Listen with compassion, while I sit and stare,
Ask me how it happened, show me that you care.

But please don’t leave with comfort ringin’ in my ears;
Please be sure and say the words you know I need to hear.
Tell me to stop mournin’ for the tragedy of me;
Tell me to start thinkin’ about someone else in need.

Tell me ‘bout my wife and kids and then tell me ‘bout my mom
Tell me I’m an asshole to ignore them while I’m gone
When I hit rock bottom, do not think that tellin’ me
That “everything will be all right” is anything I need.

But when I hit the big time, and they’re callin’ on the phone
With record deals and spinnin’ wheels that take me far from home.
When of fame and fortune I am chasing what is mine,
And my family is at home alone again most of the time

Shoot me in the femur with the handgun in your purse.
Tell me what you’re goin’ to do hurts me but hurts you worse.
Or maybe use the shotgun if I seem really stuck,
Take me home in a wheelchair in the flatbed of your truck.
And then tell me that you’re savin’ me from my so-called good luck.
It’ll be all right; it’ll be all right.

Cause when the cops they ask you to explain crossin’ that line,
You can show them this here letter, and say love, love is not a crime.

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from Things That Can't Be Taught, released November 18, 2011
Horns performed by James Hall, Dave Robinson, and Gary Gregg.
www.jameshallmusic.com
www.ccjazzband.com/meet-the-band.html

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Wendell Kimbrough Dallas, Texas

Wendell Kimbrough is a songwriter reimagining the Psalms for emotionally honest worship. His music makes space for the whole range of human experience. With singable melodies, steeped in the sounds of folk, gospel, and soul music, Wendell's songs are sung in churches around the world. He lives with his wife and 2 daughters in Dallas, Texas, where he serves at Church of the Incarnation. ... more

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