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DOWN ON YOU (Smegal)

This old town here’s full of steel mills
Most shut down long ago
And they’re rusty old reminders
Of better years before
Work here’s hard to come by
My factory’s been slow
So I sell some pills just to pay my bills
But I still don’t feel that what I’m doin’ is wrong

My woman up and left me
For a richer younger guy
And I probably could have stopped her
But I didn’t even try
‘Cause I didn’t really love her
But a man still has his pride
They disappeared, it’s goin’ on three years
I have no fear, just my alibi

Well a man’s got to do
What a man has got to do
I stand by my actions
And decisions that I choose
A man’s got to do
What a man has got to do
You can bet your ass if you cross my path
I’ll bring this whole damned world
Down on you

Now I’m a few years older
And none the wiser, just the same
I’ve sinned a hundred times over
And still I feel no shame
But I ain’t prayin’ for forgiveness
I stole these boots I’m in
You can make your bet I’ll have no regret
When my maker says my time’s at hand

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from The Carpet Beggars - The Carpet Beggars, released January 1, 2002

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Tony Mentzer Sharon, Pennsylvania

Singer, songwriter, multi-instumentalist, Tony Mentzer, a native of West Middlesex, PA, was a founding member of regionally successful rock band, The Infidels, before leaving in 1985. It was around this time that Tony began to experiment with the wonders of home 4-track recording and though the equipment has changed over the years, the mission remained the same. Tony passed away in April of 2018. ... more

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