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Pocket Of God

from When I Go I Ghost by Cory Branan

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    Following the release of five albums and much critical acclaim, Memphis-based Cory Branan spent the pandemic-forced time off working on a new record with producer and Grammy-Award-winning engineer, Jeremy Ferguson. With a guest list that includes Jason Isbell, Garrison Starr, Brian Fallon, and more. When I Go I Ghost puts Branan's clever songwriting and diverse musical background on display.

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    Following the release of five albums and much critical acclaim, Memphis-based Cory Branan spent the pandemic-forced time off working on a new record with producer and Grammy-Award-winning engineer, Jeremy Ferguson. With a guest list that includes Jason Isbell, Garrison Starr, Brian Fallon, and more. When I Go I Ghost puts Branan's clever songwriting and diverse musical background on display.

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lyrics

I’m gonna tell you a little story
When this little story’s through
Gonna be a little test
See if you know what’s good for you

She was an angel of the fourth ward
When I plucked her off the street
So tenderly I took her indoors
Bought her some tits and fixed her teeth

You shoulda seen her crunch a number
Work a sucker, shoot a breeze
Started her off on the club floor
Soon enough she had the keys

She was a punch I couldn’t counter
Sometime I’s tempted to applaud
Just being around her
Felt like I picked the pocket of god
Could not believe I found her
Was like I picked the pocket of god

Then some tweak sung down a heatwave
Backed my distribution up
Parcels of tar dust and white nurse
Stacked in the backroom of the club

My boys could not extract her thinking
She knew there’s cameras everywhere
Maybe she was fresh outta thinking
Maybe she thought I couldn’t care

Never give me reason to doubt her
But there was her face and her facade
Smiling over them packages of powder
Like she picked the pocket of god
She couldn’t have looked prouder
Thought she picked the pocket of god

I found out she had a partner
He’s still around here somewhere
But now he’s working for me
His was just business
I took her personally

That’s the dead end of that story
Could be the end of yours too
This was a woman I admired
You’re just shit-for-brains-for-hire
Before I scrape you off my shoe

Know that I only asked her once
Now that I’ve asked you nice
Go on ask yourself
Do I strike you as the kind
To ask twice

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from When I Go I Ghost, released October 14, 2022

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Cory Branan Nashville, Tennessee

Throughout his decade-and-a-half-long career, Cory Branan has been too punk for country, too country for punk, too Memphis for Nashville, and probably a little too Cory Branan for anyone’s damn good.

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