Front Porch

from Song Seeds by James Tristan Redding

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Ripe old age of thirteen
First job bagging groceries
Five bucks an hour six nights a week

Every time I had the chance
That pink porcelain piggy bank
Got as many pennies as it could eat

So when the times got tough for us
The plant shut down and jobs dried up
Bills kept comin' we were comin' up short

Told me dad I'd help 'em pay
Watched a tear roll down his face
Sittin' right there on the front porch


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It's a little more than just a front porch

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from Song Seeds, released January 19, 1911

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James Tristan Redding Nashville, Tennessee

British-American songwriter, singer, audiobook narrator, studio player, Godin Guitars official artist.

Founded global collective www.SongAWeek.org, performance art experience The Under Over: tinyurl.com/uoxuo (song circle underneath a highway) and writing retreat www.TheNashville24.com (annual challenge: write 24 songs in 24 hours).

Cuts by Sarah Harralson, Eli Alger, Emma Gale, David Easterling
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