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Heart On Layaway

from Party At Old Scratchy's by Eli Elkus

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lyrics

Well, my mind has gone a missin'
Left a note - said it gone fishin'
and I'm wishin' that's the way it's gonna stay
That lord, he made my mind for losin'
gave me drugs there for abusin'
Honey, you can put my heart on layaway...

And in my blood I'm full of doubt
and I don't know what that's about
so I give it at the clinic twice a day
I got a dog now it's December
there's a job I can't remember
Honey, you can put my heart on layaway

Yeah, I'd swear ya it's a dangerous mindset
but honey, I'm a changed man!
Yeah, I took all the right steps...
I got a fool proof plan
No, and I don't wanna be reminded
there of all that I've been given
I don't wantcha to know...
Where I come from

Oh, so gimme a drag
honey, whatcha smokin'?
Yeah, front me a bag
nah, I ain't jokin'
Forever broke
ain't never broken
I'll be sober
when I'm dead

There's too much I haven't not seen or not said yet
too many people I haven't screwed over
too many bills I haven't not paid
got too many friends I haven't not made

Gimme a toke
Mama, whatcha rippin'?
Bum me a smoke
Goddamn I'm trippin'!
Gimme that kickdown
Gimme a buck
Yeah, I'm down on my luck...
But I'm on the up!

Now I'm a born again drifter
and it ain't that I don't miss her
I just see that picture bigger than the frame
If there ain't a damn thing I could do
to make you think I'm true to you
honey, up and leave and put my heart on layaway

And I don't know just what I'm doin'
I swear that liquor do the choosin'
But I've had more places to stay than bills I've paid...
Them rich'll spend their scratch on rags
if my money buys your right to brag
then honey, go on and put my heart on layaway

Yes, I'd swear ya it's a dangerous mindset
But honey, I'm a changed man!
Yeah, I took all the right steps...
I got a fool proof plan
No, and I don't wanna be reminded
there of all that I've been given
I don't wantcha to know...
Where I come from

Oh, so gimme a drag
honey, whatcha smokin'?
Yeah, front me a bag
nah, I ain't jokin'
Forever broke
ain't never broken
I'll be sober
when I'm dead

There's too much I haven't not seen or not said yet
too many people I haven't screwed over
too many bills I haven't not paid
got too many friends I haven't not made

House me up
Honey, jump my bones
Buy me a beer
I ain't got no home!
Gimme that kickdown
Gimme a buck
Yeah, I'm down on my luck...
But I'm on the up!

That's right...

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from Party At Old Scratchy's, released April 1, 2020

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Eli Elkus Northampton, Massachusetts

Eli Elkus is a traveling musical storyteller, songmaker, and folk activist. He began sculpting his craft as a young troubadour fishin' for songs by the riversides and busking in the streets. And so it went... The lazy-eyed dreamer and his familiar Bronco the hound wonder wander the US byways bringing folk music to the folks, freewheelin' in their road sweet home - 'JeBus'.
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