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If you're going to Houston
Please mama, don't be shy
I've been waiting just to hear your voice
Every day since you said goodbye
One little dollar’s worth a handful of dimes
One spot of trouble and all those real good times
Please mama be kind
Mama be kind


I've been sipping on weekends
Hittin’ whiskey and kickin’ gin
Searching for those olden, golden times
Spent all my money, nothin’ but tin
All I've got left are these worn down shoes
And a terminal case of those lonely blues
Won't you tell me how can I lose?
Oh, how can I lose?


Every hour lasts a week and a half
Every station plays the same two songs
Every woman lasts until I remember you
Same old memory, same old wrongs
Well when I go, don't care where I'm bound
Just so long as they say I didn't waste my one time round
Mama let your lost boy be found
Let him be found

If you're going to Houston
Please mama, don't be shy
I've been waiting just to hear your voice
Every day since you said goodbye
One little dollar’s worth a handful of dimes
One spot of trouble and all those real good times
Please mama be kind
Mama be kind

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from Scavenger's Joy, released February 28, 2015
Written by Owen Lyman-Schmidt
Arranged by Driftwood Soldier

Owen Lyman-Schmidt: Vocals, Mandolin, Suitcase, Coffee Can
Bobby Szafranski: Bass Guitar, Bottle Caps

Recorded and Mixed by Kyle Pulley at The Headroom
Mastered by Jarrod Pedone at Electric Jelly Studio

Additional Instrumentation:
Backing Vocals by Caitlin Quigley
Fiddle by Saundra Malanowicz
Piano by Jacob Brunner

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Driftwood Soldier is no average mandolin-bass foot-stomping gutter-folk duo.

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