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BETTER PLACES THAN THIS
(Douglass Richardson)
As recorded by Colte Wolfe on "Colte Wolfe" (2010)

[In] my old screened(?) jeans and my beat-up boots
[I] stagger to the bar to get a belly o' booze.
The man at the door says: "Don't be long."
I got to have a tie and a suit-coat on.
I push my way through cause it's a challenge that I can't resist,
But it ain't too long; he grabbed me by the arm,
You know, but I've been thrown out of better places than this.

I pick myself up and pour myself toward home.
I'm already late; I should 'a' found a phone.
I pull into the drive and take a look around.
Well, everything I own is layin' on the ground.
She comes out a-hollerin' an' tellin' me that this is it.
As I'm a-pickin' up my stuff, she says she's had enough.
You know, but I've been thrown out of better places than this.

Still I make money on a bender.
I sure do ... the workin' hung over.
The boss man told me not to waste his time
And I was headed for the unemployment line.
I told him what I thought, and then I showed the man my fist.
Security was called and as they drug me down the hall,
I said: "I've been thrown out of better places than this.
I've been thrown out of better places than this.
I've been thrown out of better places than this."