Tradesman

(альбом: Zach Bryan - 2023)

No one on this side of town
Knows a good place for a boy to drown
They look at me so strange when I talk
I wish I was a tradesman
Learning from some beat down old layman
On some hillside they ain't named yet
Sleeping next to mountain fire smoke

And everyone lately's scaring me
It's all backdoor deals and therapy
The only callous I've grown is in my mind
I wish I was a tradesman
Playing with some tuned up tired string band
Somewhere out by the badlands
Way past closing time

So if you wanna trade, I'd say its a hard earned mile
Wanna sweat like hell, throw a hammer down
And know that the old feeling of a five o'clock smile
And know I didn't take no easy way out

There's something more that I need
Than accolades and sympathy
Fatiguing in the summer heat
While they smoke big cigars
So give me something I can't fake
That rich boys can't manipulate
Something real that they can't take
'Cause, Lord, I'm not your star

So if you wanna trade, I'd say its a hard earned mile
Wanna sweat like hell, throw a hammer down
And know that the old feeling of a five o'clock smile
And know I didn't take no easy way out

And everyone lately's scaring me
It's all backdoor deals and therapy
The only callous that I've grown is in my mind