The Burden
from All The Great Aviators Agree by Scotland Barr & the Slow Drags
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lyrics
From the day that I could walk they said "That boy will wind up dead
What you gonna do with him, what you gonna do?
He just don't seem to get it through his thick old funny head
What you gonna do with him, what you gonna do?"
Now I don't want to be nobody's burden
Most the time I don't want to be anything
Much at all
Ring that bell, let's all go to hell
Keep one full bottle before me
Tomorrow is the day I'll change my wicked ways
Give me one more night
Just one more night
I'll pour out the whiskey in the morning
People always talking to my sad old Portland rose
"What you gonna do with him, what you gonna do?
What that boy is thinking only God and Satan know
What you gonna do with him, what you gonna do?"
(Chorus)
One more drunken Christmas in the Douglas county jail
"What you gonna do with him, what you gonna do?
He'd be bound for nowhere if he wasn't bound to fail
What you gonna do with him, what you gonna do?"
(Chorus)
What you gonna do with him, what you gonna do?
He just don't seem to get it through his thick old funny head
What you gonna do with him, what you gonna do?"
Now I don't want to be nobody's burden
Most the time I don't want to be anything
Much at all
Ring that bell, let's all go to hell
Keep one full bottle before me
Tomorrow is the day I'll change my wicked ways
Give me one more night
Just one more night
I'll pour out the whiskey in the morning
People always talking to my sad old Portland rose
"What you gonna do with him, what you gonna do?
What that boy is thinking only God and Satan know
What you gonna do with him, what you gonna do?"
(Chorus)
One more drunken Christmas in the Douglas county jail
"What you gonna do with him, what you gonna do?
He'd be bound for nowhere if he wasn't bound to fail
What you gonna do with him, what you gonna do?"
(Chorus)
credits
from All The Great Aviators Agree,
released April 18, 2008
Scotland Barr - lead vocals, guitar
Bryan Daste - pedal steel guitar, vocals
Zach Hinkelman - electric guitar
Chris Hubbard - piano, keyboards, accordion, vocals
Nick Kostenborder - drums
Eugene Nucci - electric bass
Scotland Barr - lead vocals, guitar
Bryan Daste - pedal steel guitar, vocals
Zach Hinkelman - electric guitar
Chris Hubbard - piano, keyboards, accordion, vocals
Nick Kostenborder - drums
Eugene Nucci - electric bass
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Sep 2005
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