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Spreadin' that New York Money Around

from Driftless by Harry Kimball

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lyrics

I've flown into a thousand small town airports
I've leaned against a million tan sedans
I set up shop to distill local flavor
All alone, smokin' a bone, standin' by the side of the road countin' paper

Straight on red through center-city Houston
Slow ride like a king without a crown
My mind is kicked-up backroads dust and static
Other minds are veiled behind the thunder coming down

If you wanna see me I'll be downtown
Spreadin' that spreadin' that New York money around

See me offer rides to local Kathy
I ask her, “Show me how the light glints on the river
Show me simple joy unalloyed, free
Maybe I'll come 'round to tastes sub-lunary”

Well there's a whole host of things I can't buy
The river deep and eagles flying
But others I'm gonna try
Brown leather, gasoline, cigarettes and black coffee

If you wanna see me I'll be downtown
Spreadin' that spreadin' that New York money around

Kathy says, “Where I'm from we don't pray for justice
We pray for mercy in my family
Something out of nothing is not something that we get
And what we get we give away down by the Mississippi”

If you wanna see me I'll be downtown
Spreadin' that spreadin' that New York money around

credits

from Driftless, released June 19, 2020
Vocals - Harry Kimball
Electric guitars - Dan Laureano, Benjamin West
Bass - Jeremy Blackman
Drums - Carlos O. Caldero
Violin - Samuel Daunt
Electric piano - Damian Quinones
Recorded by Damian Quinones in Brooklyn, NY

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Harry Kimball Peekskill, New York

Harry Kimball is a songwriter, singer, producer and multi-instrumentalist whose compositions carry a wistful melancholy tinged with dark humor. Kimball borrows John Prine’s sepia realism and Warren Zevon’s playful world-weariness, adding the lyrical density of Stephen Malkmus and the literary sensibilities of Bill Callahan. Follow Harry on Facebook + Instagram @ harrykimballsongs ... more

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