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Ryan Kerr - Milk Carton

from PBB​/​RK Split '13 by Ryan Kerr / Pink Balloon Band

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lyrics

They put a girl’s face on a milk carton
But I knew where she was
See, I tied her up
Thought the best thing for her
Was some time out in the sun
Dug a hole in the far east patch
Just south of the barn
Then I took her there, put her on her knees
And put a bullet in my gun
Now my boy is a good son
Best thing that I ever done
He grew up to be strong and true
Until he fell in with some fellas who
Take him out almost every night
Drinking bottles of brown and picking fights
He’s sniffing out ‘ol trouble and I know
He’s too crooked to walk the line

So go on, go on
Just try telling me I’m wrong
No way, put yourself in my place, and then
Go on, try telling me
You wouldn’t have done the same

It happened one night
I heard from a man
Who heard from another man
The job went all wrong
It was supposed to be in and out
Nobody for miles around
Just a get rich quick
And a haul down to Mexico
There was a girl hidden in the woods
She kept quiet ‘cause she understood
That the cost of her life was worth
Less than the prize of gold

The next day he came to bid goodbye
To say he’s headed south for a little while
He opened the door, began his farewell
Saw the sheriff sitting in a rocking chair
The law came early, there was nothing to do
Except to offer some coffee and a biscuit or two
They had a warrant with my baby boy’s name on the line
And a loose lipped witness from the scene of the crime
They took my boy away, through him in the pen
And I started thinking about that witness again
There was only person living in those woods
And that’s the little girl, Susie, who sells the home baked goods
I went right out, boy, to snatch her up
Threw her under a tarp in my pickup truck
With a rag in her mouth and a rope ‘round her wrists
Now she sits in that far east patch with the pigs

So go on, go on
Just try telling me I’m wrong
No way, put yourself in my place, and then
Go on, try telling me
You wouldn’t have done the same

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from PBB​/​RK Split '13, released September 4, 2013

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Ryan Kerr Fort Wayne, Indiana

Since 2011, Ryan Kerr has been touring the Midwest alongside his unique blend of songwriting; what Dying Scene describes as, “Whiskey-soaked, americana folk-punk”. Through his most recent full-length, “Live Well”, Ryan utilizes atypical song structures and attaches heart and soul to every story that he shares. ... more

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