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Unnecessary Things

from Fact From Fiction by Darryl Gregory

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My father tried to teach me right from wrong
But everything about him was a contradiction
He was a character in an old Springsteen song
And I couldn't tell fact from fiction

And we buried him in '85
I just spent four years in college
My heart was full of mourning
My fingers full of knowledge
And my mind was filled with unnecessary things
And my mind was filled with unnecessary things

I spent years searching in the darkness
Finding solace in my weeping guitar
Six strings and three shots of whiskey
You know that combination didn't get me very far

I played every dive from L.A. to New York City
Writing songs about the road and my self pity
And my days were filled with unnecessary things
Yes my days were filled with unnecessary things

I lacked the words
I lacked the action
I lacked the guidance that a father would lend his son
I followed roads
That had no signposts
I was like a fugitive on the run

Now I sit here like a stone in raging waters
Sculpted smooth and pushed up on the river's shore
I dream of being found by the fisherman's daughter
Perhaps I'll be the jewel that she adores

In this world of unnecessary things
In this world of unnecessary things oh Lord
In this world of unnecessary things

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from Fact From Fiction, released July 2, 2018

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Take a little Mellencamp, throw in some Cash, stir with a dash of Hiatt and flavor with Springsteen & Earle. Sounds Like Darryl Gregory. Heat-n-Eat! mmm good.

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