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Songs:Couple Of Lies (135383)
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I know a guy who played power forward on a really good high school basketball team. And now he doesn’t. But he wants you to know that he did. Athletes die while they’re still alive, you know. “Playing ball in a high school gym/ Was the last time anybody clapped for him.” Tom T. Hall once told me that applause is the only unbeatable addiction. Sometimes a void causes all manner of unbecoming behavior, and sometimes you can make a song out of just such a situation. By the way, the line in here about “back pocket money” wouldn’t have happened without Tom T. The first hit song he wrote after moving to Nashville was “Back Pocket Money,” recorded by Jimmy C. Newman. [1]
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(Peter Cooper) Well Known Music/SESAC/admin. by BUG Music Car tire scraped up against the curb Hands on the wheel like a hummingbird Killed the engine, then he sat there still Still not believing that he’d closed the deal Up the walk and through the door Clock on the wall said a quarter to four Up the stairs and his wife said “Christ, I kept waking up wondering if you were okay” She said, “Where’d you go tonight?” She said “What’d you do?” He told a couple of lies But the rest was true Playing ball in a high school gym Was the last time anybody clapped for him Then it was five day weeks on a company shift Barroom nights trying to plan some grift Years ago there was a chance he blew And it marked him wrong, like a dumb tattoo But in just one night, Lord, he got it all back Took the whole damn thing from red to black She said, “Where’d you go tonight?” She said “What’d you do?” He told a couple of lies But the rest was true Back pocket money is a small town whore Won’t stay long, ain’t hard to score Briefcase money is a different thing It’s a church bell chime and a diamond ring Church bell chime and a diamond ring And a secret dark and threatening And a sin that’s too fine to repent And a feeling things are different She said, “Where’d you go tonight?” She said “What’d you do?” He told a couple of lies But the rest was true He told a couple of lies But the rest was true He told a couple of lies
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