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Dead Horse, Live Ground

from Shout Like a Lady by Randi Russo

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This song is not necessarily about a person (although became as such since it began to apply to other life situations over the years -- it's so cool when songs do that!). Anyway, I'd rather not say what inspired this song -- that would spoil your experience of interpreting it on your own terms.

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DEAD HORSE, LIVE GROUND LYRICS

Nothing like dragging this dead horse around.
Nothing like it dragging me down.
Have to run downhill to cover any ground.
Yeah there’s nothing like this dead horse taking me down.

My horse used to run miles around the sun.
Yeah it ran for miles.
But broke its leg on that race it never won,
so they shot it ‘fore it left the turnstile.

So when we’re deep down in that dirty trough,
things are gonna get a little more rough.
Ain’t no hope in getting myself back up,
unless I leave you… will I have to leave you?

I know that I’m the laughingstock of this little town… they all laugh at me.
Call me crazy but I ain’t giving up on the one thing that truly loved me.

Nothing like dragging this dead horse around…
nothing like it dragging me down.
Have to run downhill to cover any ground
…yeah there’s nothing like this dead horse taking me down.

So when we’re deep down in that dirty trough,
things are gonna get a little more rough.
Ain’t no hope in getting myself back up,
unless I leave you… will I have to leave you?

Love, love, love.

credits

from Shout Like a Lady, released October 10, 2006
Randi Russo - guitar, vocals
Lenny Molotov - lap steel
LaFrae Sci - percussion

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Randi Russo Los Angeles, California

Already known for her “honest, provocative lyrics” (The Big Takeover) and her upside-down guitar-playing which is “sweet when it needs to be but nasty in all the right places” (The Village Voice), Randi Russo continues to create songs with equal parts toughness & tenderness. While she often draws comparisons to PJ Harvey, Lou Reed & Patti Smith, Randi definitely has a voice of her own. ... more

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