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Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis

from Ain't No Good Thing Ever Dies by Carrie Myers + The Proper Way

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The Proper Way joins forces with the amazing Carrie Myers for a collection of songs by Tom Waits and Bob Dylan.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvbyiCm9t-g

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Hey Charlie I'm pregnant
And living on 9th street
Right above a dirty bookstore
Off Euclid avenue
I stopped taking dope
I quit drinking whiskey
My old man plays the trombone
And works out at the track.

He says that he loves me
Even though its not his baby
He says that he'll raise him up
Like he would his own son
And he gave me a ring
Worn by his mother
He takes me out dancing
Every Saturday nite.

Hey Charlie I think about you
Every time I pass a filling station
On account of all the grease
You used to wear in your hair
I still have that record
Of little Anthony and the Imperials
Someone stole my record player
How do you like that?

Hey Charlie I almost went crazy
After Mario got busted
So I went back to Omaha to live with my folks
But everyone I used to know
Was either dead or in prison
So I came back to Minneapolis
This time I think I'm gonna stay.

Hey Charlie I think I'm happy
For the first time since my accident
And I wish I had all the money
We used to spend on dope
I'd buy me a used car lot
I wouldn't sell any of'em
I'd just drive a different car every day
Depending on how I feel.

Hey Charlie, for chrissakes
Do you want to know the truth of it?
I don't have a husband
He don't play the trombone
I need to borrow money to pay this lawyer
And Charlie, hey
I'll be eligible for parole come Valentine's day.

credits

from Ain't No Good Thing Ever Dies, released October 16, 2018
Carrie Myers: Vocals
Shane Osguthorpe: Electric piano
Scott Rogers: didn't think it needed a damned thing more

Recorded at The Proper Way Studios in Ogden, Utah.

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