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One for the Money

from Tall Tales by Josh Brooks

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It's 7AM. Jenny stands by the door. Billy sits in the yard in his rusted out Ford. She hands him his lunch in an old busted pail, then he heads off to work at the Springfield jail. She goes back inside and turns on the TV, and she watches the talk shows 'til a quarter to 3. Then her lover drops by and they give it a whirl. He lives a $10 tip by the bed for his girl.

CHORUS: And it's one for the money and two for the show, and three won't feel nothing if four doesn't know, and it's five sixin' seven and eight's nine'n ten. Then they wake up with nothing all over again.

Billy gets to the jail where he's working part time folding boxers and socks for six bucks and a dime. He takes cash from the dirty; he puts dope in the clean. He keeps their shorts white so his pockets stay green. CHORUS

Now, as luck wouldn't have it, one day Billy got caught and they took him to trial for his laundering plot. But when the judge sauntered in and asked the court room to rise, poor Jenny leapt up with a look in her eyes. She said, "Billy, sweet Billy! You're bound to go free, for that judge has already laid his gavel on me!" And so Billy got off with time served and parole, while the judge and his Jenny fold shorts in the hole. CHORUS

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from Tall Tales, released December 18, 2014

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Josh Brooks Vermont

Vermont singer, songwriter & guitarist Josh Brooks has been called “a storyteller and message-bearer whose word-smithery and hints of darkness keep you listening to the end” (Seven Days), and ’Vermont’s Johnny Cash’ (Northeast Performer). Fans of Steve Earle, Guy Clark and John Prine will all find something to like in Josh Brooks. Visit www.joshbrooksmusic.com for more info. ... more

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