Name: Dabbling In The Green
Duration: P00H02M07S
Description: In these days of austerity people have to get by the best they can.

Dabbling In The Green

from Ripples In The Water Of Love by The Chilly Dogz

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In these days of austerity people have to get by the best they can.

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I KNOW AN OLD SKUNK FARMER
JUST TURNED AGE SEVENTY TWO
HE RETIRED WITH NO PENSION
NOTHING ELSE FOR HIM TO DO
BURDENED DOWN WITH HEAVY DEBT
ALL HIS BILLS ARE SO OBSCENE
THE ONLY WAY HE PAYS THEM OFF
IS BY DABBLING IN THE GREEN

HE'S LIVED WITH HIS TRUE LOVER
FOR MORE THAN FORTY YEARS
HE LOOKS AFTER HER CONSTANTLY
HE DEALS WITH ALL HER FEARS
HER MEMORY IS LONG GONE
SHE DOESN'T KNOW HIS NAME
IT'S ONLY THROUGH SELLING DOPE
THAT HE CAN PLAY THIS GAME
HE KEEPS FOOD ON THE TABLE
AND DRY LOGS IN THE HEARTH
DOES THE WASHING AND CLEANING
AND GIVES HER A WEEKLY BATH
HE DOES ALL OF THIS GLADLY
AND NEVER MAKES A MOAN
HE HONOURS HIS PROMISE
NOT TO LEAVE HER ALONE

HE GROWS THE WHITE WIDOW
AND THE FINEST PURPLE HAZE
THIS HAS BECOME HIS ONLY WAY
TO SURVIVE IN THESE HARD DAYS

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from Ripples In The Water Of Love, released February 15, 2013
Lyrics and Vocals by Harri Rogers
Music by Marc Gordon
Engineered by Nick Swannell at Studio 49.

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