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CARPENTER

SHE TOOK MY BALLS AND SHE TOOK MY BIKE
SHE PUT ME IN THE CORNER SAID:
"DO ANYTHING YOU LIKE BUT YOU DON'T MOVE
A TIME-OUT"
I CRIED A BIT THEN PASSED OUT
I GUESS THAT I WAS TIRED FROM MY DAY BY THE RIVER

I LOVE MY MOM, LORD I TRY
SOMETIMES WE DON'T SEE EYE TO EYE LIKE
WHEN I WAS 6 AND SHE WAS 35
BUT NOW I'VE GOT A HAMMER OF MY OWN
IT'S NOT A PLASTIC ONE
I USE IT WHEN IT'S TIME TO WRITE A SONG OR PAINT A PICTURE

I'M A CARPENTER I HAMMER
I CLATTER AND I CLAMBER ON THE ROOF
MAKE MY BED BY THE RIVER
I'M A TRAVELLER I RAMBLE
I STRUGGLE AND I SCRAMBLE
I NEED PROOF I CAN CHANGE

THE BED THAT I BEEN SLEEPING IN'S A SOFT ONE
AND THE LADY I'VE BEEN LEAVING WITH'S A SOFT ONE
BUT THE COURAGE I BEEN GIVEN IS DRAWN FROM
SONGS FROM AN OLDER AGE

SONGS OF AN OLD AGE DON'T GET YOU FAT STACKS
YOU GOTTA LEARN THE SLANG AND TALK REAL FAST
SAY SHIT LIKE
'I'M THE KINDA BROTHER WHO CAN MAKE YOU
MAKE YOURSELF FORGET THAT YOU WAS RAISED BY CAVEMEN
IN A COUNTRY FULL OF CAVEMEN'
BUT WHEN ROBBIE BURNS WAS RAPPING
WITH THE LADIES IN THE BACK ROOM
BACK IN THE 1795'S I WAS SINGING ALONG

HE WENT SLOW SOMETIMES
GOTTA LET THE WATER BOIL
AT A CRAWL SOMETIMES
GOTTA GET IT WHEN IT'S HOT
LET THE TEA STEEP
SOME GIRLS TALK A LITTLE
LET THE KIDS SLEEP
SOME GIRLS TALK A LOT

BUT I'M A CARPENTER I HAMMER
I CLATTER AND I CLAMBER ON THE ROOF
MAKE MY BED BY THE RIVER
I'M A TRAVELLER I RAMBLE
I STRUGGLE AND I SCRAMBLE
I NEED PROOF I CAN CHANGE

I THINK IT'S TIME I PUT THE TOOLS DOWN
THE TYPE OF TOOLS THAT YOU CAN USE TO TEAR THE HOUSE DOWN
WE DON'T RAISE NO FLAG, DON'T CARRY NO BANNER
BUT THE SONG THAT WE SING GONE A LONG TIME
SING FATHER, MOTHER
I'LL BE GOOD TO YOU
SING BROTHER, LOVER
I'LL BE GOOD

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from Upfolk 2 (aka upupafolkacea), released March 3, 2017

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Balladir is the creative musical workings of Travis Puntarelli, a song-carver who hails from Bloomington, Indiana.

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