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  February 2023     4 months ago

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Cash Only

In this modern day and age
Of almost anything goes
Everybody wants to haggle
Everybody’s short of dough
I’ve got one rule that’s golden
One rule through thin and thick
Cash only is legal tender
No Cash you’re up the creek.
 
Cash on the...

– by John Leinberger

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I Can’t Stand ( The Rest of the Year)

I did two tours over in the sand
Never took the life of another man
“Non-combat” was my official role
But the heat and sun they took their toll
And blood I saw, but not my own
I wake in the night to a soldier’s groan
It’s hell to live in...

– by John Leinberger

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Tallula on my Mind

The band is playing on a Friday night and
Johnny’s drinking his Captain and Coke
Is being here wrong or right?
I smell like whiskey and cigarette smoke
I know better and so do you but sometimes we throw caution to the wind
Hell to pay but...

– by John Leinberger

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Jupiter Rising

Jupiter’s rising in the sky tonight
I can’t decide if I should try to fight
The sun sets early
On the dark side of your mood

The howl of the coyote gives me a scare
A rush to the heart, I breathe in the air
Like a thief in the night
I’m on...

– by John Leinberger

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Layers of You

I stare out into space
The haze distorts my view
There’s not much light out here
Nothing quite clear and true
But isn’t that our life
We all know how it is
We see what we want to see
And take what life wants to give

You have a lot of...

– by John Leinberger

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