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A Short Mile

from Memories & Birds by Kenny Roby

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lyrics

It's the cough that won't go away
Chasin' chronic ache
Itchin' skin for no reason
And fever that won't break you

It's the dog barkin' at the air
And the scent of a stranger's hair
Old gator at the fair
No tickets to see her

I know I'm breakin' you
I can see it in your smile
I'm the wrong man to ride a short mile

It's the line that you hear and feel
But never quite understand
It's birds chirpin' orders
On the shoulders of men

A flutter in your ear
Deeper than any fear
That you were not made to hear
And I can't sing that low

I know I'm breakin' up
It's the weight on the dial
I'm the long way to ride the short mile

Some men never veer
Too far away from here
Although I pretend to steer
It goes where it will

I know I'm breakin' up
I can see it in your smile
I'm a long way to ride a short mile

credits

from Memories & Birds, released April 2, 2013
Kenny Roby – vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards
Jason Merritt – piano, keyboards, effects, baritone guitar, kalimba
Scott McCall – electric guitar, hand drum, electric bass

Produced by Kenny Roby, Scott McCall and Jason Merritt

Recorded by Scott McCall and Jason Merritt
Additional recording by Kenny Roby

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Kenny Roby North Carolina

Founding member of 6 String Drag. Their 1997 album “High Hat” was released to national critical acclaim. (co-produced by Steve Earle and Ray Kennedy and released on Earle’s Warner Brothers imprint label E-Squared)
In 1998, Roby went solo and released three excellent but vastly different solo records: Mercury’s Blues, Rather Not Know, and The Mercy Filter. His new album Memories & Birds out 4/2/13. ... more

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