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Choosin' Sides

from Tin Since (1994 Remastered) by Todd Burge

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Choosing Sides
(c & p 1994 Bunj Jam-BMI)

Jim said it was never that right
I just needed her at night
when I never had no plans
She was there to kick one need
That beast in me
She kept me from my hands

You know she gave me all the blame
Said I never made a grade
seemed like fourth fifth or sixth
Are the one she's sticking in
Man, I was blowing all my brains
Until I blew out all the wind

God blessed him who is strong enough to know when it ends
But Jimmy and Dawn are choosing sides with all their friends

Now Dawn was down town at the Waterfront Lounge lounging with old friends
And how much time she spends
On any one of them
depends on how much they rag on Jim

They'll be making him a beast
They'll turn his courage green
They'll tease behind his hair
Tear on every broken seem
Then they'll rally over with some needles
But conveniently forget the thread

Some are blessed with the strength to know when it ends
But Jimmy and Dawn are choosing sides with all their friends

It was clear as the clothing on his chest
she was doing her best
To bring out the worst parts of him
And start exposing them

Ladies and gents, he's always working on a neck
He's always looking up a dress
He always smiles while he pants
There should be a tighter belt
But could there be a looser pair of pants

According to Don, Jim's got a bomb ticking in his underpants
But Jimmy and Dawn are choosing sides with all their friends

He said gather 'round friends and they ran over to him
And they sucked up to his sound
It was such a thick crowd that if you picked your feet up
Your knees would never hit the ground

He said I must have been insane
To have given her my name
It was my granddad's and the only one he had
She wore it on her face and then she landed frown down in the mud

With any luck at all you'll know how to walk tall when it ends
But Jimmy and Dawn are choosing sides with all their friends

It was freezing in the house when they finally burned out
But neither one would admit it
And all the nostalgic looks and cook books
had each others names branded in them

Now you can pound it ten times
You can cover it with season
You can beg it back
You can force it without reason

And still the final truth will come and go without negotiation
If God blessed any, it was the quiet ones that don't pretend
But Jimmy and Dawn are screaming loud after the end
But Jimmy and Dawn are choosing sides with all their friends...

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from Tin Since (1994 Remastered), released August 5, 1994
Kim Monday-Keyboards and Bass
Todd-Six String Guitar and Harmonica

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Todd Burge Parkersburg

If it’s been discovered by man, West Virginia’s Todd Burge has written about it. A born ponderer and observer of life, each of his songs tells a story. Whether drawn from personal experience or a tale of poetically woven fiction, you’ll live every second of it through his songs. ... more

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