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Seat At The Table

from Bullies In The Backyard by Matt North

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lyrics

Will you outlive your money?
Will your money outlive you?
Do you have your own seat at the table?
Or are you on the menu?
Do you go to work on Monday?
And bust balls about the bottom line?
Do you go to church on Sunday?
Where you make it all okay in your mind?

No one’s sitting with you, no one’s sitting with you
You’re sitting all alone, but you got your own seat at the table
You’re sitting all alone, but you got your own seat at the table
You’re sitting on a throne, a little bit unstable

Did you take them all to the cleaners?
Did you train ‘em how to sit and beg?
Are you padding the bills? Are you cooking the books?
Did you make ‘em pay an arm and a leg?
Did you stick it to them ‘til they went hungry?
Did you bleed them ‘til they can’t even feel?
Did you read about that Machiavellian guy?
Getting ready for your last meal?

No one’s sitting with you, no one’s sitting you
You’re sitting all alone, but you got your own seat at the table
You’re sitting all alone, but you got your own seat at the table
Now your kids are all grown, a little a bit unstable

When the villagers storm the castle
Will you run away and hide in a hole?
They’ll be hearing a sound, your body hitting the ground
No one’s saving your soul, no one’s saving your soul
You’re sitting all alone, but you got your own seat at the table
You’re sitting all alone, but you got your own seat at the table
You’re sitting on a throne, your kids are all grown

Do you go to work? Are you doing fine?
Will it trickle down? While we marking time?
If we ask for more are we out in the street?
When it costs too much do you turn off the heat?
Did you win big? Do ya keep score?
Did you take it all? Then a little more?
Will you cut them all loose? Are you closing the blinds?
While the rest of us all scared out of our minds

Did you burn through your money?
Did your money burn through you?

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from Bullies In The Backyard, released February 11, 2022
Matt North - vocals, drums
Stuart Mathis - guitars
Chris Donohue - bass
Michael Webb - wurlitzer
Jonny Polonsky - backups

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Matt North Nashville, Tennessee

“I started writing songs in my 30's and started finishing them in my 40's.” – Matt North

Raised on equal doses of Hee-Haw and Soul Train in Champaign, IL, North began as a neighborhood drummer jamming to Devo and Kiss albums in his garage. His father’s family were Scotch-Irish coal miners in Harlan County, KY. At 15, he worked at Farm Aid I picking up trash. He blames that day for pursuing music. ... more

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