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Any Good Crook

from Where the Moon Meets the Lake by Cam Girard

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1 // Any Good Crook
At the turn of the 18th century I was homeless and hungry, when I stumbled wearily onto the manor’s date palm tree grove

Now my Momma said “be the better man, don’t you ever lie or steal” Oh Momma I’m doing the best I can, but the want in me oh it’s just too real, and so I’ll eat my fill

And I’ll stop biting my nails, when you stop grinding your teeth when you sleep

They gave me the choice when I was caught there glutted in the shade “Either serve this manor forever or take those iron shackles you’re wearing to your grave”
Lord my choice was made

And I’ll stop biting my nails, when you stop grinding your...
Now It’s been 15 years since my last free meal and I’ve been worked over like a sweatshop table, Only knowing dearth and labor and the awful sound of those well fed hounds, passing down their scraps that Lady Jane would feed to me, Lady Jane would feed to me
But my calloused hands too numb to bend, could no longer grasp And

I won’t mask fact that I ain’t no saint, though neither is Lady Jane Like a short man knows who he’s taller than, any good crook can see the hooked teeth of a demon

With my last ounce of strength and her back turned, I took my shovel from the earth, and I laid that spade between her shoulder blades

Oh my Momma said, “be the better man, don’t you ever harm or kill” Oh Momma I’m doing the best I can but the want in me oh it won’t be still, and so I’ll eat my fill

And I’ll stop biting my nails, when you stop grinding your teeth when you sleep

And I’ll stop biting my nails, when you stop grinding your teeth when you sleep

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from Where the Moon Meets the Lake, released March 7, 2016

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Cam is an eclectic singer songwriter. The Mid-West raised him, but now he calls RVA home. Listen, enjoy and share!

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