Wet Paint

from Dead Birds by Hunter Hicks

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Hey now darling
Look what you did
Look at what you threw away

When you married a man
That kicks the dog to hard
And ruins the waitress's day

Just like
Your mother before
And a man just like him raised you

So it weren't no surprise
The very first time
That he got rough on you

So your'e sticking around
To figure things out
Lord knows people change

But you'll still hope for more
Than the grocery store
and sopping up wet paint

We used to work
Just for extra cash
And love, 'cause it felt right

Could leave any day
But we chose to stay
And we didn't have to try

So how in the world
Did we get here
Where did we go wrong?

'Cause this all feels like work
And the days move so fastA
And the years, they looks so long

You had no clue
when you said I do
and took on his last name

You'd be seeing more
Of the grocery store
And sopping up wet paint

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from Dead Birds, released June 10, 2019

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Hunter Hicks Laramie, Wyoming

Hunter Hicks, raised in the state of Wyoming and currently based out of New Orleans, performs original songs meant to blend into the great American songbook. An ode to the tradition of songwriting, reminiscing the craft of everything from Lightning Hopkins to Hank Williams, Hicks sees American folk music as a tradition that can survive the modern world. ... more

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