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I Always Land On My Feet

from Jump Yer Bones by League of Decency as Mondo Heptet

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i always land on my feet by dean/wilkie/sheffield music mint bmi

i jumped bond in atlanta
i'd been set up in a crooked game
i let 'em know i was nobody's fool
and some other fool got maimed
i was one step ahead of the repo man
two jumps ahead of the law
when my contraband ride sputtered and died
just outside of chickasaw

sometimes i feel like i'm flying
like a cat about to hit concrete
rock bottom comin' at me like a freight train, baby
but i always land on my feet

i left that caddy to rust in the swamp
and i hitch‑hiked to new orleans
i knew bettilu meant comfort
if i could reach her by any means
the quarter was full of surprises
i tried to reach her there by phone
i told the other mule that answered
the number i dialed, you know it must be wrong

sometimes i feel like i'm flying
like a cat about to hit concrete
rock bottom comin' at me like a freight train,
but i always land on my feet

when it all hits the fan and the world goes tilt
somebody ‘s screamin’ and blood‘s been spilt
divin’ through a window just ahead of the heat
let me tell you people ‘bout the trouble i meet

i caught a semi to memphis
took a job and i changed my name
i was breakin’ my back for the foreman
loadin’ freight come sun or rain
one day i looked up from my burden
there came a marshall with a picture of me
by the time he hit the dock with the foreman
brother, i was history

sometimes i feel like i'm flying
like a cat about to hit concrete
rock bottom comin' at me like a freight train,
but i always land, i always land, i always land on my feet

credits

from Jump Yer Bones, released December 14, 2020
karl liberatore - trumpet, earl ford - trombone, randy hunter - tenor sax, spencer kirkpatrick - electric guitar, tim nash - drums, tommy dean - vocal, recorded by martin kearns

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T. Wesley Dean Atlanta, Georgia

I am a singer and songwriter currenly based in Atlanta, Georgia USA. Artists that have recorded my tunes include Joe Walsh, Joe South, Billy Joe Royal, Tinsley Ellis, Heaven Davis, Alex Lattimore, Chick Willis and Kristie Agee.

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