Grifters Blues

from Sinners Sunday by Sean T. Ryan

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I was raised up down New Orleans way by a gypsy woman
I learned her tricks boy I learned them well, some of them I never will tell
I soon got restless so I hit the road
with a bottle of bitches brew and snake oil white lightening

drifted down the Mississippi on a riverboat queen, dealing spades and a one-eyed Jacks under a watchful eye
fast hands and a partner in crime, relieved the queen of all of her prize
come to find Jack he had another eye, so we had a little mess to clean up

I went down to the dockyard, looking for the fastest way out and I said, this ship she full steaming all night, this loaded 45 here says I'm right

well I wound up in old Saint Louie, with a little scheme I cooked up, a box of matches and some kerosene to get the old job done, I made my 'til the deal went south and I had to get the hell out of there

so I went down to the station, looking for the fastest way out and I said, this train well she ain't got no brakes, we're rollin' off the rails again

I get my love upon the run now honey, another one night stand, the last girl I barely knew her name, I made damn sure she didn't know mine
cause I'm free I'm a rolling stone, but my heart is heavy as a stone

so I went back to my baby, seeking shelter from a raging storm and she said, you been rollin' and tumblin' too long
babe, I swear I'm gonna change my evil ways, some day...

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from Sinners Sunday, released April 15, 2015

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