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Cripplin' Crutch

from Cripplin' Crutch by Joe Flood

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Words and music by Joe Flood, Jungle Curry Music. BMI
Administered by Bug Music, Nashvillle
Recorded live to two-track at Power Station New England, Waterford CT
Produced by Eric "Roscoe" Ambel

lyrics

No new trick up any old sleeve
Balls roll round the table then it's time to leave
You're just making conversation
Trying to be cool in anticipation
Of the man with the "what do you need"
Hands shaking and such
On that cripplin' crutch

Cripplin' crutch
It'll crumble underneath you
Cripplin' crutch
Will let you down with a crash
Cripplin' crutch
They might as well beat you
And take off with all of your cash
Still got your own two feet
Best quit leaning on that cripplin' crutch

Dizzy bird flipping out of her cage
She's not on the make, she's in the planning stage
She knows she ain't got a lot
So she's giving what she does everything she's got
And you know she might give it to you
If you give her a touch
Of that cripplin' crutch

Cripplin' crutch
It'll crumble underneath you
Cripplin' crutch
Will let you down with a crash
Cripplin' crutch
They might as well beat you
And take off with all of your cash
Still got your own two feet
Best quit leaning on that cripplin' crutch

You're in that bar all night every night
Till there ain't another cripplin' crutch in sight
You struggle just to make it home
Last place you want to be is alone
Get a little you can't get enough
Until you got too much
Of that cripplin' crutch

Cripplin' crutch
It'll crumble underneath you
Cripplin' crutch
Will let you down with a crash
Cripplin' crutch
They might as well beat you
And take off with all of your cash
Still got your own two feet
Best quit leaning on that cripplin' crutch

credits

from Cripplin' Crutch, released June 10, 2001
Jerry Dugger, bass guitar; Will Rigby, drums; Homeboy Steve Antonakos, slide guitar; Mike Cleary, electric guitar; Bobby McDougall, acoustic guitar; Vince Delaria, B-3; Joe Flood, vocal, five-string guitar

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Joe Flood New Haven, Connecticut

Joe Flood is a songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist who has performed, written, and recorded with many of the great names in American roots music, among them The Band, Blues Traveler, Dr. John, Bottle Rockets, Laura Cantrell, Eric Andersen, Happy and Artie Traum, Jim Weider, Eric "Roscoe" Ambel, Jono Manson, and the list goes on! Please visit www.joefloodmusic.com for more information. ... more

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