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Something to Lose

from Another Ghost to Sleep by Hugh Trimble

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From "Another Ghost to Sleep," by Hugh Trimble
Recorded at Gypsy Cab Studios, Keedysville MD
©Hugh Trimble 2014

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I went to Boston on a whim
I fell for you and I bust my chin
I was bleeding out and cold enough to die
I thought I'd lost you to him
I took my guitar to Providence
I wrote a song and found I could not lie

So I went down to New York City
Where you grow up fast and you grow up pretty
And I traded that song for whiskey and some weed
I was face down in Central Park
With a greasy dog who would not bark
He said boy in this town a bite's all you really need

Tell me how long
How long I got to be without you
Long I got to sing this lonely tune
Tell me how come
It ain't be been falling asleep without you
I got nothing to keep but something to lose

That Bethesda Fountain she know my name
And that bottle of bourbon knows my pain
And the bed I found knows how to get me off
The less I got the more I gain
The more I talk the less I'm game
It's the oldest joke but the punchline I forgot

I was trying to sleep on an uptown 6
With old Saint Paul and a bag of tricks
I didn't know it then but it was his birthday night
If I had blinked I would have missed
That weeping angel's goodbye kiss
But I caught the deed and I cried till morning light

Just singing how long
How long I got to be without you
Long I got to sing this lonely tune
Tell me how come
It ain't be been falling asleep without you
I got nothing to keep but something to lose

I woke up on a bus to Philly
I was chewing my cud because I was out of whiskey
I found that I'd lost my voice but I had my nerve
But then I fell is step with a girl named Billy
She bust my chops and she slapped me silly
I asked her why she said what else do you deserve

I know Chicago is where you is
But I picture you in Los Angeles
Slipping on stars and landing on your feet
February came old and thin but I was listening to dixie strings
And a Louisiana mama singing sweet

That winter was like a wet cat spitting
I was sweeping the streets with a mind for sinning
Busted flat but keeping my own time
I came across a downtown nancy
He took me home and he dressed me fancy
Then he spun me around saying sing it one more time

I was singing how long
How long I got to be without you
Long I got to sing this lonely tune
Tell me how come
It ain't be been falling asleep without you
I got nothing to keep but something to lose

Then I was soaking up them Austin colors
And I sat down at a bar called Mothers
Sure enough that tender looked like mine
The more I sat the more lost I felt
Hell I even missed my father's help
I tried calling home but the phone just ate my dimes

You called me up on Saint Valentine's
Said you'd had a child that it was mine
Then you laughed and said just kidding I got a tattoo
I didn't know what else to do
So I got drunk and I got one too
In the sober dusk I knew I couldn't change my mind

Tell me how long
How long I got to be without you
Long I got to sing this lonely tune
Tell me how come
It ain't be been falling asleep without you
I got nothing to keep but something to lose
Tell me how long
How long I got to keep this up
Long I got to be out on the move
Tell me how come
How come this song ain't wrapping up
I got nothing to have but something to lose

The night before judgment day
I think I'll throw my bottles away
And give what coins I have to the poor
But I know it'll never be enough
So I just want to tell you before I'm dust
You were always just what I've been looking for

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from Another Ghost to Sleep, released December 6, 2014
Feat. percussion by Jordan Miller

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Hugh Trimble Nashville, Tennessee

Hugh Trimble is a folk songwriter and storyteller based in Nashville, Tennessee. Born in Eastern Europe to American journalists, his career as a musician began as a New York City busker. His style has driven comparisons to the folk heavyweights of the 60s, but critics have lauded a voice that reinvents (rather than recalls) the genre. Hugh goes electric in his newest project, THE ATOMIC RANCH BAND ... more

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