Survivor Blues

from Mutt by Cory Branan

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She warned him once about her luck
Put out a match with a tear
She said I'm bored to death and born to…
Look, you want way the hell away from here?

He said You don't look that tough to me
He leaned and lit her cigarette
How about you wait to see just what you regret
Till we get what we get

They say it makes you stronger
First you gotta survive
What didn't kill you
Make you wish you died
What didn't kill you
Make you wish you died

She struggled to read his knuckle tattoos
Beneath the ring and the scar
But the left said LOVE and the right read TRUE
She said Please say you got a car

It's parked out back, it's pointed out of state
It's a recent acquisition we should probably ditch the plates
It won't get me far enough to ever lose track
But yeah, it's plenty car enough for never coming back

They say it makes you stronger
First you gotta survive
What didn't kill you
Make you wish you died
What didn't kill you
Make you wish you died

Yellow duffel in the seat back yonder
It's a bunch of pretty junk I bought her
Yours if you want
Either to you or the flames
To me it's the same

She said No thanks man my baggage is packed
The name on my ankle, the knife in my back
But I know a place on our way out of town
That's as good as burned down
It's as good as burned down

They say it makes you stronger
First you gotta survive
What didn't kill you
Make you wish you died
What didn't kill you
Make you wish you died

You call that a scar?
A bruise? A tear?
Pillow marks.
Souvenirs

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from Mutt, released May 22, 2012

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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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