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Not You

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lyrics

Walk on thin ice, most would break through.
I would. Not you.

Turn your cheek twice, fully knowing they’d bruise you.
Your heart open wide – only way you knew to.

Bound to sea / Bear the tide, in a jigger flotilla.
Bound to me / By the gods I’ll be damned, I’ll be swallowed
‘Tween the rocks is a hard / On the ocean I’ve no
place to be. Without you.

I watched you suffer, I watched you cry
salty water.
The oath is hollow when the vow’s
not true.

By all rights, you could’ve cut me loose.
It was good of you not to.

Bound to sea / Bear the tide, in a jigger flotilla
Bound to me / By the gods I’ll be damned, I’ll be swallowed
‘Tween the rocks is a hard / On the ocean I’ve no
place to be. Without you.

You didn’t close me out. Why didn’t you throw me out?
I wish to God you’d run me through,
or shown me what I am to do these things...
but that’s not you.

So I live by your grace, and the light on my face is the
wages of sin.
And when again I begin, it’ll be
without you.

Bound to sea / Bear the tide, in a jigger flotilla
Bound to me / By the gods I’ll be damned, I’ll be swallowed
‘Tween the rocks is a hard / On the ocean I’ve no
place to be. Without you.

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from Hammer County, released February 18, 2024
Composer: Mike Shapiro
Performing Artist: Hammer County
Genre: Americana, Folk
Producer: Hammer County
Engineer: Jason Borisoff
Mixing: Ale Roubini
Mastering: Hans Bilger
Lyrics Language: English
Year of Composition: 2021
Copyright: Mike Shapiro
Year of Copyright: 2021
Master Recording Owner: Hammer County
Year of Recording: 2023

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Hammer County Brooklyn, New York

HAMMER COUNTY is Mike Shapiro, Jennifer Nelson, and Burkhard Bilger. Tight trio harmonies on Country classics and beguiling originals, with the occasional French cabaret number thrown in, since 2015.

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