Paid My Dues

from For Pete's Sake by Whiskey Train

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Work 9 to 5 and nights trading sleep for appetites that don't eat
Plastic cards used all the time depleting the funds that put shoes on my feet
Hand to the sky as it falls asleep, cabs driving fast past me
Time passes by but it's way past me, tread ahead but don't fall too deep

So spread the news
So much that's left to prove
Bring me down but I refuse
cuz I've paid my dues

Bridges burn with nowhere to turn, broken tracks but I ain't looking back
Slippery when it's wet keep my feet dead set you're gonna get what you get
Never learned to sat away from hurt a sick trick to keep my walls built thick
Careful what you wish I can take what you dish my pride's the one thing left

So spread the news
So much that's left to prove
Bring me down but I refuse
cuz I've paid my dues

Work 9 to 5 and nights trading sleep for appetites that don't eat
Plastic cards used all the time depleting the funds that put shoes on my feet
Hand to the sky as it falls asleep, cabs driving fast past me
Time passes by but it's way past me, tread ahead but don't fall too deep

So spread the news
So much that's left to prove
Bring me down but I refuse
cuz I've paid my dues

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from For Pete's Sake, released April 1, 2011

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Whiskey Train Rockford

2012 RAMI Award: Album of the Year "For Pete's Sake"
2011 RAMI Award: New Act
We are a Blue Collar, Original Rock N Roll Band from the Heart of the Industrial Midwest influenced by the joys and pains of booze, babes, and the blues with danceable guitar licks, fat bass lines, and catchy songwriting (or so we humbly hope:) Thanks for stopping by! ... more

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