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[folk music] ♪ Hit me 'cause I am hard to beat ♪ ♪ Come tomorrow ♪ ♪ It's all that you will be ♪ ♪ Trick me into thinking ♪ ♪ My head would always land.

♪ ♪ But you played me like a game I couldn't win ♪ ♪ Best check yourself ♪ ♪ I know you're not my mate.

♪ ♪ If I just have another pawn you'll ♪ ♪ King is way too late ♪ ♪ Memories 'cause I am hard to beat ♪ ♪ Come tomorrow that's all that you will be ♪ ♪ Yes, indeed ♪ ♪ Brought me into the fold ♪ ♪ Took me for a ride ♪ ♪ Kicked me to the curb ♪ ♪ Didn't look me in the eye ♪ ♪ News flash old boy ♪ ♪ You ain't no star ♪ ♪ No matter how good you get ♪ ♪ At that 12 flat guitar ♪ ♪ Memory, aren't you hard to beat ♪ ♪ Come tomorrow ♪ ♪ It's all that you will be ♪ ♪ You come and leave ♪ ♪ Memories are you hard to beat ♪ ♪ Memories that's all you are to me ♪ ♪ Come tomorrow ♪ ♪ It's all that you will be ♪ ♪ Come tomorrow ♪ ♪ That's all that you will be ♪ Alrighty, thank you so much folks.

♪ I saw you walking down the street today ♪ ♪ You just turned your head and looked away ♪ ♪ The times we had more were good than were bad ♪ ♪ To think they'd gone forever's kind of sad ♪ ♪ Ew ew ew ew ew ew ♪ ♪ Ew ew ew ♪ ♪ If I could change some things you know I would ♪ ♪ I'd like to think that maybe you would too ♪ ♪ Seems as we age ♪ ♪ Our priorities they change ♪ ♪ Now there's so much that seems silly now ♪ ♪ I'm older ♪ ♪ Somewhat wiser ♪ ♪ Your older ♪ ♪ Someone wiser ♪ ♪ At least I like to think ♪ ♪ Ew ew ew ew ew ♪ ♪ Ew ew ew ♪ ♪ Ew ew ew ew ♪ ♪ Ew ew ew ♪ ♪ I drove my car past your house today ♪ ♪ Memories came rushing in like waves ♪ ♪ Your folks they kept the place just about the same ♪ ♪ Leaving all the things I used to hate ♪ ♪ Remember all the fun we had in your garage ♪ ♪ I didn't have to clean up your daddy's beer ♪ ♪ You'd fill my head with all the plans that you had made ♪ ♪ I can't believe it's been so many years ♪ ♪ I'm older ♪ ♪ Somewhat wiser ♪ ♪ You're older ♪ ♪ Somewhat wiser ♪ ♪ At least I like to think ♪ ♪ Remember all the fun we had in my back seats ♪ ♪ Making out drinking up my brother's beer ♪ ♪ I'd fill your head with all the plans that I had made ♪ ♪ I can't believe it's been so many years ♪ ♪ I'm older ♪ ♪ Somewhat wiser ♪ ♪ You're older ♪ ♪ Somewhat wiser ♪ ♪ I'm older ♪ ♪ Somewhat wiser ♪ ♪ We're older ♪ ♪ Somewhat wiser ♪ ♪ So why can't we be friends?

♪ Thank you kindly.

♪ Ain't no one likes a thief ♪ ♪ Aint no one likes a liar ♪ ♪ Don't you steal someone's heart ♪ ♪ Just to throw it in the fire ♪ ♪ Some day my be your own life ♪ ♪ Broken at your feet ♪ ♪ And the cycle will be complete ♪ ♪ Ain't no one likes a cheat ♪ ♪ Ain't no one likes a swindle ♪ ♪ You can try to be discrete ♪ ♪ But your charm will always dwindle ♪ ♪ One day it might be your trust ♪ ♪ Lying broken at your feet ♪ ♪ And the cycle will be complete ♪ ♪ Yeah, the cycle will be complete ♪ ♪ What comes around always goes around ♪ ♪ Everybody knows ♪ ♪ What you give you're gonna get ♪ ♪ And if it's bad well then ten fold ♪ ♪ If doing wrong is right for you ♪ ♪ In time you'll surely learn ♪ ♪ That the life you live is the life you earned ♪ ♪ Yeah, the life you live ♪ ♪ Is the life you've earned ♪ ♪ Is the life you earned ♪ ♪ Oh yeah ♪ ♪ Ain't no one likes a bragger ♪ ♪ Ain't no one likes a bully ♪ ♪ Throwing your weight around ♪ ♪ The scale is silly ♪ ♪ Some day it might be your pride ♪ ♪ I've broken at your feet ♪ ♪ And the cycle will be complete ♪ ♪ Yeah, the cycle will be complete ♪ ♪ Ew ew ♪ ♪ What comes around always goes around ♪ ♪ Everybody knows ♪ ♪ What you give you're gonna get ♪ ♪ And if it's bad then that's ten fold ♪ ♪ If doing wrong is right for you ♪ ♪ In time you'll surely learn ♪ ♪ That the life you've lived is the life you've earned ♪ ♪ Yeah, the life you lived is the life you earned ♪ ♪ Is a life you've earned ♪ ♪ Ain't no one likes a thief ♪ ♪ Ain't no one likes a liar ♪ ♪ Don't you steal someones heart ♪ ♪ Just to throw it in the fire ♪ ♪ Someday it might be your life ♪ ♪ Broken at your feet ♪ ♪ And the cycle will be complete ♪ Thanks folks.

[folk rock music] ♪ Hey there mama ♪ ♪ What you got for me?

♪ ♪ A heaping helping of your hospitality ♪ ♪ Some little bit of honey from the honey bee ♪ ♪ All I really want is your company ♪ ♪ You know I wanna spoon ♪ ♪ Chocolate spoon ♪ ♪ You gotta spoon ♪ ♪ A chocolate spoon ♪ ♪ Been feeling lonely ♪ ♪ a little tally blue ♪ ♪ The only cure I know ♪ ♪ It to get next to you ♪ ♪ Called up the doctor ♪ ♪ This is what she said to do ♪ ♪ Tell your momma to give you that chocolate spoon ♪ ♪ You know I wanna spoon ♪ ♪ A chocolate spoon ♪ ♪ You know I gotta spoon ♪ ♪ A chocolate spoon ♪ ♪ You know I wanna spoon ♪ ♪ A chocolate spoon ♪ ♪ You know I gotta spoon ♪ ♪ A chocolate spoon ♪ ♪ Okay ♪ ♪ Come on mama ♪ ♪ Know what I need ♪ ♪ A heaping helping of your hospitality ♪ ♪ Sweeter than honey from the honey bee ♪ ♪ All I really want is your company ♪ [laughs] This is probably the darkest song we're gonna play today.

Maybe.

We don't write a lot of dark songs too much anymore.

We kinda tried to stop doing that a while ago.

So this one is called, "Dodging Bullets".

♪ Most folks wanna talk about it ♪ ♪ Acting like they don't care ♪ ♪ Swimming with sharks all alone in the dark ♪ ♪ Dodging bullets flying through the air ♪ ♪ Ew ew ♪ ♪ Some folks try to two step around it ♪ ♪ Acting it ain't fair ♪ ♪ We all fall down into a hole in the ground ♪ ♪ The one thing we all share ♪ ♪ Ew ew ♪ ♪ Ew ♪ ♪ Ew ew ew ♪ ♪ Most folks wanna talk about it ♪ ♪ Acting like they don't care ♪ ♪ Swimming with sharks all alone in the dark ♪ ♪ Dodging bullets flying through the air ♪ ♪ Some folks like to step around it ♪ ♪ Acting like it ain't fair ♪ ♪ We all fall down into a hole in the ground ♪ ♪ The one thing we all share ♪ ♪ Ew ew ♪ ♪ Ew ♪ ♪ Ew ew ♪ ♪ Ew ♪ ♪ Ew ew ♪ ♪ Ew ♪ ♪ I'm dodging bullets ♪ ♪ I'm dodging bullets ♪ ♪ Yes, yes ♪ ♪ Dodging bullets ♪ ♪ Dodging bullets ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ We're dodging bullets ♪ ♪ We're dodging bullets ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ I don't think I need to go into the social commentary about that song, correct?

♪ Making tracks ♪ ♪ Tearing it up behind ♪ ♪ Wind to my back ♪ ♪ Southern view beside me ♪ ♪ And I'm still shaking ♪ ♪ Carolina from my head ♪ ♪ Here I'm bound ♪ ♪ About an hour I'll be there ♪ ♪ I had my fun ♪ ♪ Cut a really good tape boy ♪ ♪ A long stretch of sun burn ♪ ♪ And heat I wasn't built for ♪ ♪ A nice place to visit ♪ ♪ But I could ever ever stay hey ♪ ♪ This here club ain't the loss to TBA ♪ ♪ That's where I'll stay ♪ ♪ Keystone you are the Devil ♪ ♪ And your winters are so cold ♪ ♪ Makes me wonder why I am in love with you ♪ ♪ Come March when the crocuses are pushing through the snow ♪ ♪ Then remind me of your promises of June ♪ ♪ Yes, they do ♪ ♪ Give me the lake ♪ ♪ And the water that won't burn me ♪ ♪ The oceans great but a little bit unnerving ♪ ♪ Each step you take ♪ ♪ Vital stings lies in wait ♪ ♪ A fresh water sunset ♪ ♪ Beats a salt water sunrise any day ♪ ♪ A fresh water sunset ♪ ♪ Beats a salt water sunrise any day ♪ ♪ In every way ♪ ♪ Keystone you are the Devil ♪ ♪ When your winters are so harsh ♪ ♪ Makes you question how I ever fell for you ♪ ♪ By April when the daffodils are covering the ground ♪ ♪ They remind me of your promises of June ♪ ♪ They remind me of your promises of June ♪ ♪ Yes, they do ♪ ♪ Whoa ♪ ♪ Keystone you are the Devil ♪ ♪ When your winters are so cold ♪ ♪ Makes me wonder how I fell in love with you ♪ ♪ Come March when the crocuses ♪ ♪ Are getting through the earth ♪ ♪ Remind me of your promises of June ♪ ♪ Keystone you are the Devil ♪ ♪ When you winters are so long ♪ ♪ Makes me question how I ever fell for you ♪ ♪ Like May when the irises are getting oh so tall ♪ ♪ They remind me of your promises of June ♪ ♪ They remind me of your promises of June ♪ ♪ They remind me of your ♪ ♪ Your promises of June ♪ Thank you, kindly.

I hope your enjoying Sounds Around Town with Jay B and the Vigils.

I know I am.

So we pulled a couple of the band members aside.

We've got JB here, and I just wanna know how the project formed?

Oh, um, well.

I started doing like acoustic stuff to try and change gears probably 10 years ago.

Which was about the time that my daughter was born.

She's now 10.

She's sitting over there with her green hair looking cool.

So I played like hard rock and metal for a lot of years.

Davy was actually in a band, Dead Loft with me.

He played bass and I just did a lot of screaming and singing and stuff.

And then I decided I just wanted to kinda mellow out 'cause I found out that having a metal band practice in your basement is not very conducive to having a small child take a nap upstairs so.

You know, we all kinda mellow out after a while.

So that's kinda changing gears I guess.

So talk to me about some of your original work.

Who were some of the artists that you get your inspiration from?

Well, I kinda go all over the board 'cause I'm from southern Erie County.

I'm actually I grew up in North Springfield.

So I grew up on the lake.

And my folks Earl and Sarah, Big Earl, they worked over in Conneaut .

And we went to school at like Northwestern, but we did a lot of stuff over there.

You know what I mean 'cause my mom was a special ed teacher.

Now she's an administrator and next year, she's gonna retire.

My dad the same thing, worked at the same factory for like 40 years so we were really kinda grown up in a lake community, which is surrounded by a bunch of summer camps.

But we also were kind of influenced by a lot of country music.

But like the old school, good country music.

Like Johnny Cash, Buck Owens and stuff like that.

So a lot of the stuff that I write has a very, like I created a small little EP with only like five songs just to see if I could do it on my own.

And I called it, "Last Summer on Old Lake".

Which is the name of the road I grew up.

And all these songs, I'll be performing some of them that were on that.

They have a lot more of like a summer time, lake feel.

But then a lot of the other stuff that we're playing tonight is got a very more Americana feel.

I love all kinds of music so I'm influenced by a lot of it.

Right now, I'm a huge John Prine fan.

And it's kind of amazing because my mother kind of she had a couple John Prine albums on tape or whatever and it's not until like as an adult I kind a like delved into what he had.

And it's beautifully well written.

He knows how to turn a phrase, put it that way.

But also growing up, I was also a huge synth pop fan.

Which is kinda weird because like later on we started playing metal together.

And we're like Alice in Chains, and Pantera and all this kind of stuff.

And I'm a huge Cure fan.

I love Robert Smith, everything that he does.

So some of the stuff is kind of influenced that way.

But then other stuffs kinda influenced like CCR and Tom Petty.

All that type of stuff.

So just kinda trying to put my own spin on all the stuff I grew up listening to and at the same time, not intentionally trying to distance myself from the metal scene that Erie used to have.

I really love playing, made a lot of friends over 20 years of doing it.

But this is more rootsy.

I mean honestly, I live in the county.

I'm in Southern Erie County.

So I look out my kitchen window and I see a soy bean field.

And I look out my picture window in my living room and I see a wheat field.

It's just tractors up and down the road all the time.

At the same time, I also wanna keep it like true to form country music, if that's a thing I guess.

I'm also a huge Jason Isbel fan.

So like his song writing trying to create something.

I'm sure I don't do it as well as any of these folks, but I try.

When you take your solo work and bring it into your band, how does the composition change?

I just kind write songs and they just kinda fill in whatever I do.

Those change a lot though.

Yeah, I mean.

Solo stuff compared to the whole band stuff, there is a lot different feel to the songs.

I play solo more than anything else.

I mean, Alex, who's gonna be playing electric tonight, he actually plays bass with me more often because Davy just doesn't have the time to do it.

So a lot of times we'll go out playing.

And then my friends, James and Sue, Susan does the back up vocals and James is gonna be doing the extra percussion.

But normally, he plays a cone when we go out and play.

And then Donny and Davy are kinda like a package deal.

So Donny's the drum player.

So like the Vigils is actually just the three of us and we've added the other three.

And we kinda haven't come up with a real name yet.

But we're kinda just going under the pseudonym of The Vigils.

But I think we're gonna call it the Boondocks.

'Cause it's like the six of us together.

It's just something different but we'll see what happens.

Thank you so much.

JAY: Thank you.

We're gonna get back to Sound Around Town, with Jay B and the Vigils.

[folk music] ♪ When the skeletons fall from your closet ♪ ♪ Pulsing me to join them ♪ ♪ What would you have me do?

♪ ♪ What would you have me do?

♪ ♪ Bow my head in regret ♪ ♪ And find my way into your crawl space ♪ ♪ Something I should say ♪ ♪ I never wanted it this way ♪ ♪ I've always loved you ♪ ♪ Something you should say ♪ ♪ You never wanted me this way ♪ ♪ Is there no place we can escape to?

♪ ♪ Ew ♪ ♪ Ew ew ♪ ♪ From my side glance ♪ ♪ I'm looking down at you ♪ ♪ Wondering where to turn to ♪ ♪ One second chance ♪ ♪ Is all you ask of me ♪ ♪ To change my mind ♪ ♪ What happened there ♪ ♪ In that stairwell?

♪ ♪ I may forgive but won't forget ♪ ♪ No oh ♪ ♪ Something I should say ♪ ♪ I never wanted this way ♪ ♪ I've always loved you ♪ ♪ Something you should say ♪ ♪ You never wanted me this way ♪ ♪ Something I should say ♪ ♪ I never wanted it this way ♪ ♪ I've always loved you ♪ ♪ Something you should say ♪ ♪ You never wanted me this way ♪ ♪ Is there some place we can ♪ ♪ Is there some place we can ♪ ♪ Is there some place we can escape to?

♪ ♪ Ew ♪ ♪ Ew ♪ ♪ Ew ♪ ♪ Something I should say ♪ ♪ I never wanted it this way ♪ ♪ I've always loved you ♪ ♪ Something you should say ♪ ♪ You never wanted me this way ♪ ♪ Something I should say ♪ ♪ I never wanted it this way ♪ ♪ I've always loved you ♪ ♪ Something you should say ♪ ♪ You never wanted me this way ♪ ♪ Is there some place we can escape to?

♪ Thank you, "Skeletons".

♪ I'm sailing on the ocean ♪ ♪ When I'm sailing on the sea ♪ ♪ I'm bumped into the Savior ♪ ♪ And he said, "pardon me" ♪ ♪ I said "Jesus you look tired" ♪ ♪ He said, "Jesus, so do you" ♪ ♪ Sit down son I've got some bags to chew ♪ ♪ See everybody needs somebody ♪ ♪ That they can talk to ♪ ♪ Someone that can open their ears ♪ ♪ And give their trouble to ♪ ♪ You don't have to sympathize ♪ ♪ Or care what they may do ♪ ♪ But everybody needs somebody that they can talk to ♪ ♪ Well he spoke to me of morality, ♪ ♪ Starvation, pain and sin ♪ ♪ A matter of fact ♪ ♪ The whole dang time I only got a few words in ♪ ♪ But I won't scrawl ♪ ♪ Let him talk hell it's been a long long time ♪ ♪ And anyone that's been turned down ♪ ♪ Is bound to be a friend of mine ♪ ♪ See everybody needs somebody ♪ ♪ That they can talk to ♪ ♪ Someone that will open their ears ♪ ♪ And let their trouble through ♪ ♪ You don't have to sympathize ♪ ♪ Or care what they may do ♪ ♪ Everybody needs somebody that they can talk to ♪ ♪ Well we sat there for an hour or two ♪ ♪ Just eating that gospel pie ♪ ♪ Around the bend come a terrible wind ♪ ♪ And lightening lit the sky ♪ ♪ He said, "So long son" ♪ ♪ "I gotta run" ♪ ♪ "I appreciate you listening to me" ♪ ♪ And I do believe he said these words ♪ ♪ As he skipped off across the sea ♪ ♪ Everybody needs somebody ♪ ♪ That they can talk to ♪ ♪ Someone that will open their ears ♪ ♪ And let their trouble through ♪ ♪ You don't have to sympathize ♪ ♪ Or care what they may do ♪ ♪ But everybody needs somebody that they can talk to ♪ ♪ Everybody needs somebody that they can talk to ♪ ♪ Someone that will open their ears ♪ ♪ And let their trouble through ♪ ♪ You don't have to sympathize ♪ ♪ Or care what they may do ♪ ♪ But everybody needs somebody that they can talk to ♪ ♪ See everybody needs somebody ♪ ♪ That they can talk to ♪ ♪ Ew ♪ Rest in peace John.

We miss ya.

Thanks for all the wonderful music.

♪ That you on a Saturday night ♪ ♪ You were drop dead beautiful ♪ ♪ Full of life ♪ ♪ I did everything to make you think I'm cool ♪ ♪ Asked you if you had a name ♪ ♪ You tossed it around ♪ ♪ And then I did the same ♪ ♪ We agreed not to say a thing about school ♪ ♪ Walked on the beach till the coast was clear ♪ ♪ Smoked a cigarette ♪ ♪ And you said I was weird ♪ ♪ But you grabbed my hand and you kissed me anyway ♪ ♪ Talked all night til the sun came up ♪ ♪ Swam like fish and then we drank our lunch ♪ ♪ And we burned through the day ♪ ♪ Til our skin was red on our back ♪ ♪ I miss those days ♪ ♪ And oh that place ♪ ♪ I miss your hand in mine ♪ ♪ I miss your face ♪ ♪ When it would say ♪ ♪ I love you like sunshine ♪ ♪ Step back to the place we knew ♪ ♪ Where the sky was red ♪ ♪ And lakes are blue ♪ ♪ And that smile of yours ♪ ♪ Makes my heart skip a beat ♪ ♪ Ferris wheel on Friday night ♪ ♪ Hand and hand out under the lights ♪ ♪ A big breeze kicking your hair up into the wind ♪ ♪ Make love out under the stars ♪ ♪ Watch the sun rise from the hood of our car ♪ ♪ Dance to the radio ♪ ♪ The two on our bare feet ♪ ♪ We swore we'd still be friends ♪ ♪ Even after the summer ends ♪ ♪ A little sweet lie we kept ♪ ♪ Til caps came in ♪ ♪ I miss those days ♪ ♪ And oh, that place ♪ ♪ I miss your hand in mine ♪ ♪ I miss your face ♪ ♪ When it would say ♪ ♪ I love you like sunshine ♪ ♪ You're everything I ever wanted ♪ ♪ You're everything I think I need ♪ ♪ Tonight I'm sitting alone right by fire light ♪ ♪ Wondering where it is that you could be ♪ ♪ You should be with me ♪ ♪ You should be with me ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Met you on a Saturday night ♪ ♪ You were drop dead beautiful ♪ ♪ And full of life ♪ ♪ I did everything to make you think I was cool ♪ Thank you so much.

That's an old one.

My styles kind of changed and gone everywhere folks.

Sorry about that.

♪ I pulled into Nashville, Tennessee ♪ ♪ You wouldn't even come around to see me ♪ ♪ Since you're headed up to Carolina ♪ ♪ You know I'm gonna be right there behind ya ♪ ♪ I always have to steal my kisses from you ♪ ♪ Always have to steal my kisses from you ♪ ♪ Always have to steal my kisses from you ♪ ♪ Always have to steal my kisses from you ♪ ♪ I love to feel that warm summer rain ♪ ♪ To see it fall is the sweetest sounding thing ♪ ♪ To see if fall on your simple country dress ♪ ♪ Is like heaven to me I must confess ♪ ♪ Always have to steal my kisses from you ♪ ♪ Always have to steal my kisses from you ♪ ♪ Always have to steal my kisses from you ♪ ♪ Always have to steal my kisses from you ♪ ♪ I've been kicking round here for days ♪ ♪ When I lean in you just turn your head away ♪ ♪ Oh you didn't mean that ♪ ♪ She said, I love the way you think ♪ ♪ But I hate the way you act ♪ ♪ Always have to steal my kisses from you ♪ ♪ Always have to steal my kisses from you ♪ ♪ Always have to steal my kisses from you ♪ ♪ I always have to steal my kisses from you ♪ ♪ Always have to steal my kisses from you ♪ ♪ Always have to steal my kisses from you ♪ ♪ Always have to steal my kisses from you ♪ ♪ I always have to steal my kisses from you ♪ [folk music] ♪ Leave it all on the stage ♪ ♪ Leave it all off the way ♪ ♪ Say what you need to say ♪ ♪ Devil come what may ♪ ♪ Leave it all on the stage ♪ ♪ Say what you mean ♪ ♪ Just say what you mean ♪ ♪ The lines you lead between ♪ ♪ You're eye so pristine ♪ ♪ Wipe the tablet clean ♪ ♪ Just say what you mean ♪ ♪ Just say what you mean ♪ ♪ I'm tired of hiding from myself ♪ ♪ I'm afraid it might be someone else ♪ ♪ Running from the place I made in hell ♪ ♪ When I get there time will only tell ♪ ♪ Leave it all on the stage ♪ ♪ Take it from the page ♪ ♪ Do what you do ♪ ♪ Just do what you do ♪ ♪ To thine own self be true ♪ ♪ In the day you'll never rue ♪ ♪ What you got to prove ♪ ♪ You got nothing to lose ♪ ♪ Just do what you do ♪ ♪ Just do what you do ♪ ♪ So tired for hiding from myself ♪ ♪ Afraid I might be someone else ♪ ♪ Running from a place I've made in hell ♪ ♪ When I get there time will only tell ♪ ♪ Time will only tell ♪ ♪ Just do what you do ♪ ♪ Just do what you do ♪ ♪ Sick and tired or hiding from myself ♪ ♪ Afraid I might be someone else ♪ ♪ Running from the place I made in hell ♪ ♪ When I get there time will only tell ♪ ♪ Oh, well ♪ ♪ Be fair it's a lonely home ♪ ♪ Somewhere that you don't want ♪ ♪ Getting burned had potential scars ♪ ♪ You don't know it's gone until it's lost ♪ ♪ Until it's lost ♪ ♪ Until it's lost ♪ ♪ Just do what you do ♪ ♪ And say what you mean ♪ ♪ Leave it all away ♪ "Leave It All" folks, thanks.

All right.

♪ He was cocaine jacked up and looking for a fight ♪ ♪ Crossed my path on a Saturday night ♪ ♪ Starting up friction that I didn't wanna finish ♪ ♪ Slight jaw scalper about twice my size ♪ ♪ Causing me grief I have in my life ♪ ♪ I guess I'd had enough of his yap this time ♪ ♪ Cochin and Esther asked me what I wanted to do ♪ ♪ Eight broken record no one toll with you.

♪ ♪ But keep it up man ♪ ♪ I'm gonna grant your wish ♪ ♪ He took two swings ♪ ♪ So I dodged to the right ♪ ♪ Reached into my pocket and grabbed my knife ♪ ♪ I was giving an old head nod ♪ ♪ Didn't wanna fight no more ♪ ♪ I ain't want the violence ♪ ♪ And I ain't out for blood ♪ ♪ But I surely rip you open ♪ ♪ If your push turns to shove ♪ ♪ Let's consider your options friend ♪ ♪ 'cause there's only three ways ♪ ♪ That this gonna end ♪ ♪ Hospital, prison, or the morgue ♪ ♪ I said, best consider your options friend ♪ ♪ 'cause there's only three ways ♪ ♪ That this gonna end ♪ ♪ The hospital, prison or the morgue ♪ ♪ That's right ♪ ♪ I ain't want the violence ♪ ♪ I ain't out for blood ♪ ♪ I'll surely rip you open ♪ ♪ If you're push turns to shove ♪ ♪ It was snow blind strung out ♪ ♪ Searching for a scrap ♪ ♪ Staring at me like I was a map ♪ ♪ Wouldn't you lost save some face ♪ ♪ Took two swings so I dodged to the right ♪ ♪ And reached into my pocket and grabbed my knife ♪ ♪ I was giving an old eight ball ♪ ♪ He kindly went away ♪ ♪ I got no use for an angry coke head ♪ ♪ In my opinion ♪ ♪ He was pretty well spent ♪ ♪ If a drug make you a jerk ♪ ♪ Then you probably shouldn't do it ♪ ♪ Same thing coke or amphetamines ♪ ♪ And all the hard stuff in between ♪ ♪ They'll ruin your life ♪ ♪ And old eight ball to prove it ♪ ♪ So please consider your options friend ♪ ♪ 'cause there's only three ways ♪ ♪ That they all end ♪ ♪ The hospital, prison or the morgue ♪ ♪ I said best consider your options friends ♪ ♪ 'Cause there's only three ways that they all end ♪ ♪ The hospital, prison or the morgue ♪