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He's a good natured man with a short attention span he don't listen to a single word I speak this feeling deep inside you know it ain't hard to describe when he looks my way my knees go weak We could build us a home Put some books on a shelf as long as I'm with you I don't mind talking to myself He's a good natured man with a short attention span He don't remember anything I tell him to I ask for sky, he brings the lake I call for beans, he brings me cake but I wouldn't have it any other way We could build us a home Put some grub on the table as long as I'm with you I am loving and I am able He's a good natured man with a short attention span He is wearing running shoes in his mind Happiness he brings Without doing a damn thing Without him, I'd rather go blind We could build us a home Where the doggies bark as long as I'm with you I don't mind being in the dark He's a good natured man with a short attention span I have learned to live my days by him so free I can say just what I want and my words will never haunt for he's never really listening to me We could build us a home Where we rest our sleepy bones as long as I'm with you Everywhere will be my home He's a good natured man with a short attention span The dust has come to settle on the spine Old age is here today as I turn to him to say, I love you and I'm so glad you are mine We could build us a grave between bramble and the dirt as long as I'm with you then dying shouldn't hurt as long as I'm with you then dying shouldn't hurt
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I'm going where they won't see me down where the river bends going where they won't see me in my own heaven, in my own heaven city's fallen on hard times trouble is all around city's fallen on hard times trouble is all around, trouble is all around take my line and away I run down with my fishing pole take my line and away I run scared him out of that swimming hole scared him out of that swimming hole going where they won't see me down where the river bends going where they won't see me trouble's going to meet their end trouble's going to meet their end baby got me a shiny ring bought it from the store baby got me a shiny ring now I don't know what for now I don't know what for then he got mad and he spooked me filling my head with doubt then he got mad and he spooked me but a rain's going to end this drought a rain's going to end this drought I'm going where they won't see me down where the river's wide going where they won't see me and I ain't gonna be your bride No I ain't gonna to be your bride ain't gonna fry you bacon ain't gonna bring you ham ain't gonna fry you bacon I'm happy as I am I'm happy as I am ain't gonna be gritting my teeth ain't gonna string you pearl ain't gonna be gritting my teeth while you're running off with another girl running off with another girl going where they won't see me down where the river's long going where they won't see me singing my sorrow song singing my sorrow song
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I regard your affections but your actions leave me bruised I'm an educated woman I know just when I'm being used I've been north and I've been south from the hilltops to the lakes every road on which I ran I made my own mistakes Yes I did, Yes I did, Yes I did You can try to understand me You can put me in your plans call me a woman of the country I just don't know these lands I won't believe in anything unless it's what I've seen I'm well aware as the cold dark night that the world is cruel and mean Yes I am, Yes I am, Yes I am Some people call for Jesus Some they call for song It don't matter who you're calling for They're still going to call you wrong Life is trouble and life is short and then you're in the grave I am bound for the glory land where women don't have to behave Yes I am, Yes I am, Yes I am Picture me, picture you with a face turned to the road there's a lot left for me to learn and a lot I already know Life is not a party game or for picking fruit it's about deciding when to talk and when you should stay mute Yes it is, Yes it is, Yes it is You can tell me how I'm supposed to live You can write out every rule there are things mama can't teach you and you can't be taught in school a man's a man and that's all he is no matter what he'll say there's a cold dark earth for every foot and one day we all will pay uh huh, uhuh, uhhuh
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released June 2, 2016

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Amy Nelson Calgary, Alberta

Amy Nelson harkens back to a time when music was not only a form of entertainment, but a way of connecting to the hearts of everyday people.

She was a featured artist in The Calgary Collection.

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