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They​’​re Gonna Miss Me When I​’​m Gone

from 20th Century Recordings 1990​-​1991 by Jeff Black

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They're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone

I never thought that I’d be
hangin’ ‘round this damned ol town
I always thought the world was kinda flat
so I just kinda hung around
I got a job but it ain’t much
it sure keeps my feet down on the ground

Well I was born here I was raised here
so I’m bound to be appraised here after while
I thought that I was real cool man
they missed me at my high school by a mile
And everything I learned I let it burn
with no return in the ol fire

Someday I’m gonna draw my own map honey
And I’m gonna nail it to the wall
Chart my course, dream a lot and save my money
And they’re gonna miss me when I’m gone
Yes, they’re gonna miss me when I’m gone

Man if I have to drive this truck
around the square one more time I’m gonna bust
Everybody follows everybody, man
that’s some silly kind of trust
I’ve trusted destination long enough,
it rains a lot I’m gonna rust

Well I sat down in the parkin’ lot
of the Hy-Vee after midnight and I cried
That ol sorrow’s getting’ to me and tomorrow
I still won’t be satisfied
I’m feelin’ all unraveled, man
I throw a lot of gravel when I’m wild

Everyone in town here tells everyone
around here what to do
Man I just can’t go for that I can’t stand for that
when they do that can you
My best thinkin’s kept me here so
I best think of ways that I can move
Here I go

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from 20th Century Recordings 1990​-​1991, released December 3, 2020

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“His words and voice hold down center stage with a craft so deeply in the artistic pocket that it obscures anything outside.” - No Depression


"The tradition of an artist delivering songs that are damn near perfectly crafted and filled with the wisdom of the ages."

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