Brittle Bones Nicky - Rare Americans.mp3

[00:00.00] 作词 : James Priestner/Jared Priestner/Lubomir Ivan/Jan Cajka/Duran Ritz
[00:00.15] 作曲 : James Priestner/Jared Priestner/Lubomir Ivan/Jan Cajka/Duran Ritz
[00:00.30]Written by: Rare Americans
[00:00.40]Produced by: Ben Kaplan & Rare Americans
[00:00.50]Recorded by: Ben Kaplan & Jeff Quinn
[00:00.60]Mixed by: Ben Kaplan
[00:00.70]Mastered by: Ted Jensen @ Stirling Sound
[00:02.56]All rise
[00:07.73]Brittle Bones Nicky was crafty and shifty and that son of a bitch was gold Brittle Bones Nicky
[00:17.46]Yeah, that son of a bitch was gold *
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[00:31.40]Wires got crossed when I was about 3
[00:33.32]Dad had bloody heavy hands,used them to me
[00:34.98]My mamma?Bless her heart,cuz she gave me a start
[00:36.72]She got Killed,bad man,dad stiffed in a scam
[00:38.71]Grew up in the system, bounced, couple homes
[00:40.67]This woman Mary, gifted me hand-me-down clothes
[00:42.52]Shy at the start, till this guy named Shifty
[00:44.30]Who had 100 pounds on me called me “Brittle Bones Nicky”
[00:46.18]A target aimed straight at my face
[00:47.92]Big house of kids, cred is cake
[00:49.87]Rounded up a couple bucks, got it freshly baked
[00:51.46]Sat down to dinner
[00:52.59]Put it right in his face
[00:53.32]Right in his ****ing face (in his face)
[00:57.14]You’re not gonna push me around
[01:00.91]You can't get me down, down, down (down!)
[01:04.53]You’re not gonna push me around (nooo!)
[01:08.24]You can’t get me down, down, down (down!)
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[01:26.47]Bounce ahead a couple years, king of my peers
[01:28.63]We biked the block, cheersin’ pretty girls beers
[01:30.44]Did alright for myself, petty thefts I pulled
[01:31.96]I dropped outta school, built a circle of bulls
[01:34.13]Needing more money, covered head to toe
[01:35.84]Snuck up, sucker, took his stash, and drove
[01:37.63]The cash stashed, it was pouring in
[01:39.56]Bulk of it up my nose
[01:41.29]How dumb I was, twenty-one
[01:43.21]And way out of control
[01:45.14]The cops kicked down the door
[01:46.86]She did a line right off my (wow!)
[01:48.93]Said “that’s one way to go down”
[01:50.86]Knew I was hard as rock
[01:52.37]Knew-I-was-hard-as-rock (hard as rock)
[01:56.28]You’re not gonna push me around
[01:59.92]You can’t get me down, down, down (down!)
[02:03.59]You’re not gonna push me around (no!)
[02:07.40]You can’t get me down, down, down (down!)
[02:11.27]Bars, new world, who could I trust?
[02:13.04]Killers were nice, smugglers were rough
[02:14.73]Met a man named Ben, quite sharp & witty
[02:16.59]Gave me books about money & cities
[02:18.54]Taught me ropes, only years coulda gained
[02:20.32]Looked out for each other, M.O’s the same
[02:21.88]That night I heard Ben, turning 50 in May
[02:23.82]Yellin’ so loud, two decades we aged
[02:25.89]Found him cornered, pants down, shanked
[02:27.62]Didn’t even think twice, man I barely blinked
[02:29.47](I barely blinked, I barely blinked)
[02:31.18]If it cost me my life man id save my only friend
[02:34.63]That’s something I could live with
[02:36.51]I could take that till the end
[02:38.11]If it cost me my life man id save my only friend
[02:42.19]That’s something I could live with
[02:44.00]I could take that till the end
[02:46.00]You’re not gonna push me around
[02:49.00]You can’t get me down, down, down (down!)
[02:53.50]You’re not gonna push me around (no!)
[02:57.13]You can’t get me down, down, down (down!)
[03:02.33]Now every morning, coffee, park
[03:04.38]Walking around the city, deals light or dark
[03:06.28]I’m straight edge as a punk, well mannered, and I feel free
[03:09.82]Tried to do what I thought was best
[03:11.73]And that’s coming to the grave with me
[03:13.51]As I lay here in my final nights, I try to have a laugh
[03:17.19]I didn’t win the game of life
[03:18.98]But I’d give myself a pass