Ladson

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We named our children after hurricanes
We didn't know better; we thought that we were funny
You said my songs start to sound the same
They don't make you happy; they don't make money

Got a punching bag in the living room
There's a toilet on the lawn, a bed in the kitchen
The Buick out back is an empty tomb
Could use a little laugh, could use a little fiction

That's how it goes
When you live your life in Ladson
Lay down your goals
There's no use in getting mad, son

You moved upstate just to come back down
You met a pretty girl; you went and got her pregnant
You can't keep a secret for long in that town
Her daddy found you out; he gave you a reckoning

Then you lost the mobile home in a hurricane
You picked your family up and moved back to Ladson
Got the whole famn damily in my living room
I'm dreading Sunday church; I'm dreading their reaction

That's how it goes
When you live your life in Ladson
Lay down your goals
There's no use in getting mad, son

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from The Camellias, released September 10, 2014

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Ragged folk songs for hard modern times.

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