Name: Lousy Boy
Duration: P00H05M14S
Description: Well, I am. Thanks to Moxy Fruvous for the phrase, Jesse Honig, for the great demo (with strings!) and Antje for the shove off the cliff.

Lousy Boy

from The Moonshiner's Atlas by Butch Ross

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Well, I am. Thanks to Moxy Fruvous for the phrase, Jesse Honig, for the great demo (with strings!) and Antje for the shove off the cliff.

lyrics

I’ve always made a lousy boy
but for a while I had it down
I hooked up with a jersey girl
and moved into a lousy town

And I knew I could do better
but I was tired of doing worse
And I’d ignore her in the kitchen
writing verse after lousy verse

//and it took a long time too
try and find you
try and get to where I could fall in love with you
and I don’t mind you
coming unglued
I been coming unglued to
it’s not by choice
I’ve always made a lousy boy

and I’ve go this lousy heart
it just don’t know how to feel
it wakes me up night with a start
it’s got a bruise that doesn’t heal

but honey you cracked it open
honey what did you expect
yeah I know it makes you nervous
it makes me a nervous wreck//

and it can take a long, long time
for old wounds to come unwound
and sometimes all your big ideas
can disappear without a sound

sometimes it really hurts me
just to look at you
I’ve always made a lousy boy
we always fall for girls like you//

a lousy boy

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from The Moonshiner's Atlas, released May 1, 2005
Butch Ross: Guitar Vocals
Larry Johnson: Lead Guitar

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Butch Ross Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga multi-instrumentalist and mountain dulcimer maestro Butch Ross has tackled everything from Radiohead to Bach and come away with a renewed appreciation for what the humble dulcimer is capable of. His music is born from his respect for its abilities, a respect born from the years he's spent prying apart its pieces and discovering new sounds where none existed before. ... more

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