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V1
Eliza the Russian émigré, living on the streets at 80 years of age
She took out her husband’s watch, put it in my hand and said
This is all I have to show for the life of a good man
He was a good man
When she put it in my hand
This is what she said to me:

Ch
When you speak of me, speak easy

V2
Jerry D. the Tallahassee ex-con
Could cuss better than any other man I’ve ever known.
He liked to make his home in motel rooms
Kept the law looking, kept his ex checking
Kept him on the move so he’d never loose
The last time I ever saw him
This is what he said to me:

Ch
When you speak of me, speak easy

V3
Marilyn the one-time-wife-of-a-rich-man
Now just drunk in a ditch on the side of the road
She thanked me for finding her, invited me into her home
Drew us a bath, poured a scotch, but I said I’d rather be
Alone, and she was lonely
As I walked out her door
This is what she said to me:

Ch
When you speak of me, speak easy
So many broken down people
When you speak of them, speak easy.

Bridge and Ending
Some of us are just a little bad luck away
Most of them are too far-gone to save.
Speak easy.

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from Someone's Gotta Live in This Town, released September 9, 2018
with Micah Hattaway on electric guitar

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Matt Garrison Carbondale, Illinois

Matt Garrison: git, vox
Eric Fisher: lead git
Kevin Loseke: accordion, keys, etc.
Andrew Moody: bass
Rob Wills: drums

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