I'll Trade You Money for Wine

from Gone Away Backward by Robbie Fulks

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Corn in the crib won’t turn your dollar green A dollar won’t get you high Some days a drop is all a body needs Some days the bottle drains dry Pockets of change don’t drive my worry down Diamonds don’t make me shine It’s a short life and a long time underground I’ll trade you money for wine

I’ve seen your towns from a long black Lincoln, boys Back when copper was king Ten years I stood on this same old corner, boys I never want for a thing Pockets of change don’t drive my worry down Diamonds don’t make me shine It’s a short life and a long time underground I’ll trade you money for wine

Wild were the nights when I was rolling, boys No hunger unsatisfied Feared was my name in Elko County, boys Now they just walk on by The banker, he spares a quarter for my cup His trouble’s deeper than mine That way of life, boys, there ain’t gold enough I’ll trade you money for wine

See how the rain washes the sulphur dust Off to the wide blue sea Freed from the rock, the copper flies to where No miner ever may see Shallow your cares, in vain your industry So says the wide blue sea I never burden God on your account
Don’t waste your prayers on me

I’ve seen a man of wealth and family Scrimp till his hair’s gone grey Laid in the ground just like I’m gonna be He might have drunk it away Pockets of change don’t drive my worry down Diamonds don’t make me shine It’s a short life and a long time underground I’ll trade you money for wine

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from Gone Away Backward, released August 27, 2013

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Robbie Fulks Chicago, Illinois

Robbie Fulks is a recording artist, instrumentalist, & songwriter living in Chicago. His most recent release, Upland Stories, earned wide-spread recognition & 2 Grammy® nominations. His early work helped define the 90s "alt-country" movement while his newer work extends that tradition with old-time rambles, reflections on love, & the troubles the people. ... more

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May 9

Club Café

Pittsburgh, PA
May 10

The Kent Stage

Kent, OH
May 11

Southgate House

Newport, KY
May 12

The Ark

Ann Arbor, MI
May 15

Hop Monk Sebastopol

Sebastopol, CA
May 16

The Starlet Room

Sacramento, CA
May 17

Freight & Salvage

Berkeley, CA
May 31

Meramec Spring Park

St. James, MO
Jun 1

Knuckleheads

Kansas City, MO
Jul 18

Narrows Center for the Arts

Fall River, MA
Jul 19

The Queen

Wilmington, DE

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