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Ain't Your Baby No More

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I spent some time in Nashville
In the money and the pourin’ rain
Too much too young
I had no will to wrestle with Bobby again

So I packed my case and left that place
And killed that man in a storm
I thought that I could save my face
And keep my baby warm

You got to know
You got to know
When to let your baby go
You got to know
You got to know
When it ain’t your baby no more

I dipped my feet in 12 mile creek
With the ghost up on the trail
And I told that soul it was time to go
A ghost can’t pay no bail

I held him here for many a year
And I guess he served me well
But he can’t hear and he’ll grow in fear
As a far as I can tell

I took my boy to a fishin’ hole
And I showed him how to cast
And I told him how to use that thumb
To cut down on the lash

I taught him how to cut and cook
But I can’t make him eat
And told him “Fred, go lay your head”
But I can’t make him sleep

So head on down to your hometown
And tell everyone your back
And hold your head up straight and high
To every Johnnie and Jack

And gather your skeletons from the dance
Them bones were made to break
Then say a prayer and leave ‘em there
At a fire down by lake

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from Kenny Roby, released August 5, 2022

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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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