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Deuce & A Quarter

(Kevin Gordon/Gwil Owen)

Buy a bottle, get to feelin’ good

The world’s looking like you think it should
Happy hour, everyone’s your friend
Closing time, sugar, and you’re down again

Up in the morning and you face this town
You walk the same streets up and down
Fire burning in your worn-out shoes
Every day you got something to prove

Curb feelers and the fender skirts

Scrub the chrome until your elbow hurts
Pinstripes and cherry-packs

Grass stains on your second-hand slacks
Keep on bettin’, think you’re gonna win
You can dress it up and try to pretend
Car’s a car and that’s a fact,
But a 
Deuce and a quarter ain’t no Cadillac

Uncle Johnny Hypochondriac

Thinks his headache is a heart attack
Honey, bring me down a couple more pills
Call that lawyer up and change my will

Ham sandwich and a glass of tea

Lunch is cheap but never free

Shakin’ hands and scratchin’ backs
Grass stains on your second-hand slacks
Keep on bettin’ think you’re gonna win
You can dress it up and try to pretend
Car’s a car and that’s a fact
But a deuce and a quarter ain’t no Cadillac

I got a date, gotta dress with care

Wash the gray right outta my hair

Clean the car out, and when I’m through
Wax it up until it looks brand new

Curb feelers and the fender skirts

Scrub the chrome until my elbow hurts
Pinstripes and cherry-packs

Grass stains on your second-hand slacks
Keep on bettin’, think you’re gonna win
You can dress it up and try to pretend
Car’s a car and that’s a fact
But a 
Deuce and a quarter ain’t no Cadillac

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from Down to the Well: Solo Demos Unearthed, released August 6, 2020

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Kevin Gordon Nashville, Tennessee

Kevin Gordon is a Louisiana native whose latest releases, Tilt & Shine, Long Gone Time, & 2012's Gloryland, earned raves from the NY Times, Rolling Stone, NPR, and others. His songs have been recorded by Keith Richards, Levon Helm, Hard Working Americans, Irma Thomas, & others. "Down to the Well", a duet w/Lucinda Williams, was featured on the Oxford American Southern Music Sampler. ... more

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