Country Trouble

from Live at Volcanic Theatre by Johnny Bourbon

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Written and Performed Live by Johnny Bourbon

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As I walk through every town
It seems I've been there twice before,
Something about this place
Is too familiar to ignore,

The faces have all changed,
There's different locks on every door,
And the brown haired girl I loved,
Well she don't live here anymore.

But there's still that awful Sheriff
That seems to have it out for me,
He keeps one hand on his gun
And eyes the holes in my blue jeans,

And I get that same old scowl
From everybody in between
Who ain't used to seeing folks
Who look like this
Just a' walkin' down main street.

Now the bulldog at the train yard
Is just as awful as the rest,
He's got no respect for transients
Hell he hardly loves his wife,

And the waitress at the truck stop
Looks like she's hangin' by a thread,
Smokes that cigarette
Like it's gonna get her outta here someday,

And there's a few old men down at the bar
They been drunk since World War Two.
They all got sons named after them
That think they got something to prove,

And every now and then, those boys get drunk
And try to get into something bad,
And end up whoopin' on somebody
Who ain't been whooped just like they had.

Ah, huh.
Country Trouble.
You count your troubles.

But me, I'm just a drifter
'Spose I've seen my share of things,
It's funny how these little places
Turn out all the same,

What goes on behind closed doors
Has got shit to do with me,
But I can see in the stain
That its just the same, as anywhere else that I've been,

So I'll pack up my old suitcase
And I'll head to the next town
And hope I find something
That makes me wanna stick around,

Till then, this troubled Troubadour's
Forever highway bound
And I'll let these lonesome wheels roll,
Until they put me in the ground.

Ah, huh,
Country Trouble...
You count your troubles...

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from Live at Volcanic Theatre, released December 4, 2021

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Johnny Bourbon Bend, Oregon

Johnny Bourbon is a lifelong poet and musician who honed his skills writing & performing in various alt-country and punk rock bands from the age of 17.

Mostly throughout the greater pacific northwest area.

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