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Waiting Around to Die

from Heavy Duty - Ballads of the Unfree by Bill Lloyd

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This prisoner is out of jail by the end of the song, but it remains a bleak ballad. I have have changed some place names to make it an Irish story, but it could be set anywhere.

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Sometimes I don't know where
This dirty road is taking me
Sometimes I can't even see the reason why
I guess I keep a-gamblin'
Lots of booze and lots of ramblin'
It's easier than just waitin' around to die

Once I had a ma
I even had a pa
He hit her with a belt once 'cause she cried
She said to him to take care of me
Headed back to Ininsfree
It was easier than just waitin' around to die

I came of age and I found a girl
In a Countu Cavan bar
She cleaned me out and hit in on the sly
I tried to kill the pain, bought some wine
And jumped a plane,
It was easier than just waitin' around to die

A friend said he knew
Where some easy money was
We robbed a man, and brother did we fly
The posse caught up with me
And drug me back to Kilcogee
Now it's two years waitin' around to die

Now I'm out of prison
I got me a friend at last
He don't drink or steal or cheat or lie
His name's Codine
He's the finest thing I've seen
Together we're just waiting around to die,
Together we're just waiting around to die.

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from Heavy Duty - Ballads of the Unfree, released February 1, 2018
song by Townes Van Zandt

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Bill Lloyd Kendal, UK

Bill Lloyd is a folk singer and multi-instrumentalist from the Lake District in northern England. He plays 5 string banjo and Galician gaita bagpipes, uilleann pipes and whistles, He is a versatile singer in the ‘high lonesome’ mountain style, delicate ballads, and ‘come-all-ye’ folk styles. Bill is an experienced storyteller, compere, music promoter, record producer and festival organiser. ... more

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