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Papa Told Me

from The Long Way Home by Marty Bush

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Papa told me god wouldn't give me too much to bear
just keep the faith and he would always be there
but he passed on nigh on twenty years ago
and I'm starting to think that maybe he didn't know
my mama taught me how to be an honest upstanding man
she told me strength don't come from the power of your right hand
but I've come on a time or two
where talkin' just won't do
sometimes things don't work out the way you planned
and oh lord lord it's a long road home
bein' stuck in the middle of where you've been
and what you have become
oh lord lord it's a long road home
tryin' to keep it between those two white lines
and remember where you're from
my brother taught me how to live like you're gonna die
how to make a friend of every passer by
but he's still kickin' at the age of thirty two
still tryin' to figure what it is that he's gonna do
oh lord lord it's a long road home
bein' stuck in the middle of where you've been
and what you have become
oh lord lord it's a long road home
tryin' to keep it between those two white lines
and remember where you're from

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from The Long Way Home, released February 10, 2022
Marty Bush: Guitar, Vocals
Devon Teran: Pedal Steel

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Marty Bush Kansas City, Missouri

Hailing from the plains of eastern Kansas, Marty Bush is a torchbearer of the American songwriting tradition. His songs resonate with the weight of his influences such as Townes Van Zandt, Blaze Foley, and Kris Kristofferson, but he has channeled their emotional honesty and unvarnished truth-telling into something uniquely his own. ... more

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