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Welfare State

from Love Struck by Mary McGuire

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Welfare State
lyrics & music by Mary McGuire

Workin’ in a club in this welfare state
Lookin’ at the suits and expensive plates
Making reservations, hearing them too
Thinkin’ hesitation, what about you?
The homeless man’s across the street, the Cadillacs in their beautiful fleet
Working in a club in this blue-collar land
All the guys wear jeans and they all slap hands
Making contradictions, feeling them too
Thinkin’ pessimism, what about you?
The homeless man’s across the street, my pickup truck can take the heat
Working in this afterhours joint
Wearing black leather, singing doit, doit, doit
Making wishes, but they never come true
Thinkin’ ‘bout welfare, what about you?
The homeless man’s across the street, the taxi cab is my royal fleet

credits

from Love Struck, released August 1, 2015
Mary McGuire: vocals, acoustic guitar
Erik Gustafson: electric guitar
Gary Rasmussen: bass guitar
Chuck Alkazian: drums

© 2014 Mary McGuire & Enchanted Minstrel Music-ASCAP-All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

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Mary McGuire Mackinac Island, Michigan

2016 Detroit Music Award: Outstanding Americana Songwriter.
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Growing up in 70's Detroit and learning from the radio jocks of America's first underground radio stations was all it took for Mary to pick up the guitar and learn her first Beatles, Neil Young, Eagles and Led Zeppelin tunes. Once she started, her appetite for acoustic rock guitar was fueled. ... more

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