Name: Hand Me Down (240322)
Duration: P00H05M42S
Description: Written by Kolt Hudson & JTR.

Hand Me Down (240322)

from Loose Licks by James Tristan Redding

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Written by Kolt Hudson & JTR.

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It's a hand me down passing the torch
A habit from my father and his before
He's trapped in the bottle can't drink his way out
It's a silhouette he can't live without

We all got pain we all got demons
Sometimes they win sometimes we beat 'em
Is it my turn to take up his cross
Hunt and be hunted to fight and be fought
// Too heavy to lift can't pay what it costs

The river runs deep (and) many men drown
I'm treading water in this hand me down
// I swam away with/from my hand me down

So I threw some punches and I burned some bridges
Couldn't care less who was on the other end
// Woke up in more than my fair share of ditches
And I drove home wasted time after time
If the 5-0 don't catch you then it's not a crime
// And I drove home wasted thinkin' I was alright
// Passed out on the floor by the dawn's early light
// Driving home wasted just before dawn
// Burning a candle that was all but gone

What becomes of a hand me down
If one day you just throw it out

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from Loose Licks, released December 26, 1902

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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).

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