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Country Kid Blues

from American Doggerel vol. 1 by A.M. Rodriguez

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Country Kid Blues

After I’d rake the leaves I’d finished my chores
I’d bike my way down to the country store
Way out there on the county line
Fence-post markings kept track of my time

At 9 I already had a few cares in the world
My weekly comic books and the girl down the road
My momma’s sick health, and my daddy’s tears weren’t tough
And the redneck boys in town scared me a little too much

I remember muddy water and the sharpness of the rocks
When the creeks got swollen in the early spring months
I’d go out and play on the banks with my rod
Wanting for trout but catfish is all I caught

Momma skinned ‘em good like the men in town
When some clown at the diner’d try to tarnish her crown
She earned it hauling my daddy’s baggage to the curb
And she kept us fed when some weeks he couldn’t leave his bed

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But depression you know is a hell of a thing
I learned that growing up from a man who always drank
His eyes radiated sadness and his beard grew long
But he’d always listen when momma sang his favorite song

She sit down at the piano after a long night’s work
And play while I ate breakfast before I’d go to school
On those long bus rides with miles between kids
I’d hum the melodies to myself and knew that daddy was no fool

At 10 I already had a few cares in the world
My weekly comic books and the girl down the road
My momma lost her health, and my daddy’s tears grew tough
And the redneck boys in town didn’t scare me anymore

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from American Doggerel vol. 1, released May 24, 2023

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A.M. Rodriguez Athens, Georgia

Rodriguez is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and audio engineer currently based out of Athens,
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