Mighty Something

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lyrics

Spent all my dollars and my common sense
On a cup of stale beer
There's a crack in the plastic
S'pose I'll drown my sorrows here

Spent my good fortune on a diamond ring
She don't even wear
There's a dry patch of ground
S'pose I'll rest my bones there

Well there's a mighty something
That's blowing the undersides of the leaves
But here on the bar stool by the wall,
The stale air grieves
La la la...

Guess I'll get up now, seems the thing to do
My cup has run dry
Handfuls of peanuts in my pocket
S'pose I'll get by

My feet grind the empties into city sand
I'll show myself out
Thinking of my darling and the old days
S'pose I'll do without

Well there's a mighty something that's thundering a distance away
But here 'neath the yellow of the streetlamp
It's bright as day
La la la...

Well there's a mighty something that's rolling fearfully near
But here in the secondhand haze
It's miserably clear
La la la...

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from Outertown, released April 1, 2014

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Outertown Chicago, Illinois

Smooth as a single malt and delicious as pie.

Bethany Clearfield - vocals
Rob Clearfield - wurlitzer, electric guitar
Chris Siebold - steel guitar, bouzouki, hammered dulcimer, mandolin
Michael Caskey - percussion

Devin Ulery - artwork ... more

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