Name: Laurie of the Great White North
Duration: P00H05M37S
Description: Backing band recorded in studio; vocals and acoustic guitar recorded live and depicted in the video for the song, up now on YouTube.

Laurie of the Great White North

by A.M. Rodriguez

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Backing band recorded in studio; vocals and acoustic guitar recorded live and depicted in the video for the song, up now on YouTube.

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Laurie of the Great White North

Every now and then the road gets lonely as hell;
Laurie of the Great White North--she knows my name
She likes to dance me around to warm me up from the cold
Gets it so the bottle forgets my name

Her mama was a banker and daddy drank as his trade
--he drowned himself in Arkansas
The old lady kept good files, better care of her teeth
Hoped her daughter’d find a better love that her

Chorus:
I ain’t nobody’s picture of a dream
My momma left the day that I was born
And I wouldn’t wish circumstances such as these
On even all her enemies

Laurie’d leave the lights on though it’s bright when I’d show up
I’d let myself in with a key
She’d leave me scotch and marijuana cigarettes
A little note’d say: “Don’t wait on me.”

I couldn’t see it at the time but she never could love me
She had too much to say and do
Her momma liked me some but wished I’d had some school
Well, her daughter taught me best that I’s a fool

Chorus

We still talk some though we ain’t made love in years
I miss her touch but not the snow
She says she’s got a light that’ll never go out inside
But now I know it wasn’t meant for me

Chorus

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released March 4, 2021
A.M. Rodriguez-all production/instruments/mixing, etc.

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A.M. Rodriguez Athens, Georgia

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

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