Use It Up

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lyrics

quit drinking Sunday morning,
quit quitting Sunday night,
drove my car through a cornfield,
under pale blue moonlight

farmer took out my windshield,
with that old aught six
my daddy always warned me,
don't break what you can't fix

use it up,
wear it out,
make do,
or do without

do without

I don't claim to be an angel,
nor them marrying kind,
I'm a boot kick a swinging
to where the sun don't shine

but if you still want to love me,
through the highs and the lows,
I'll say my daddy warned me,
in life you never know!

I'll use you up
you can wear me out
and I'll make do
or do without

do without

I dream of the mountains,
got a little place up there,
with chickens, goats and gardens
and I tour twice a year

and when that sun starts slipping,
down that mountain's spine,
I'll think how my daddy warned me,
to find someone who's kind

I'll use you up
you can wear me out
and we'll make do
won't do without

I'll use you up
you can wear me out
and we'll make do
won't do without

won't do without

credits

from can't love you from the ground, released October 7, 2022
Johanna Rose - upright bass
Nick Gamer - acoustic guitar, backing vox
Bryan Wollen - electric guitar, drums, backing vox

Mixed by Bryan Wollen
Mastered by Justin Perkins, Mystery Room Mastering

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Johanna Rose Vermont

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Treehouse, VT
Milwaukee, WI
New Orleans, LA

Musician, Songwriter, Poet, Artist

also plays in
Ugly Vipers
B8r

formerly
New Boyz Club
Nickel&Rose
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