"Plenty" lyrics

"Plenty"

Well I'm livin' with the mistakes I've made
- 'plenty more where I'm from'
I'm robbin' peter so Paul gets paid
- 'plenty more where I'm from'
I've strayed so far from the open road
I've been places my shadow refused to go

I went to school but they called me slow
- 'plenty more where I'm from'
They couldn't teach me what I needed to know
- 'plenty more where I'm from'
My heart still breaks and my throat it swells
Like a dirty lump o' coal at the New Year bell's

A song of hope to lift my spirits if you please
Or a tale of old rebellion if you dare
I hope I live to see the day I laugh at days like these
And walk the walk of one without a care

I'll shift my loaf but I won't shift the blame
- 'plenty more where I'm from'
I respect my neighbour and expect the same
- 'plenty more where I'm from'
I've strayed so far from the open road
I've been places my shadow refused to go

And I don't trust what I can't see
- 'plenty more where I'm from'
But I believe in something higher than me
- 'plenty more where I'm from'
My heart still breaks and my throat it swells
Like a dirty lump o' coal at the New Year bell's


Writer(s): John Graham McKelvey, Francis D. McLaughlin
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