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Nobody Can Make It On Their Own

from B​-​sides & Demos Vol. I by Patrick Norton

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An original arrangement of Nobody Can Make It On Their Own, performed and recorded by PATRICK NORTON on the porch an hour before sunrise, not long after being written, revealing in its simplicity the emotional tone with which the song was conceived.

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Listen, lass, I'm a wreck
Last night I heard your voice reading from a paperback
I wake up all soaked in sweat
The way I've been dreaming, you'd think I'd been sleeping on a bed of nails
Now I'm floating, tongue-tied, hitching rides
Pushing light, living off a dime
I let the phone bill go
Yeah, I know it wouldn't be you anyway

I'm looking for someplace where living life is not a race
Where I can justify a home
And I'm looking for someone to help break into Kingdom Come
Yeah, I can't make it on my own
There ain't nobody that can make it on their own

The lampshade hats and the neon rage
The black stray cats and the wild sage
The white hair starting to betray my age
Ask me where I'm from, well that place is dead
Ask me where I'm going, well it's in my head
There's got to be a reason for the life I've led

I'm looking for someplace where living life is not a race
Where I can justify a home
And I'm looking for someone to help break into Kingdom Come
Yeah, I can't make it on my own
There ain't nobody that can make it on their own

I gotta tell you that I wish you would call
You ain't that short and I ain't that tall
I think we'd make a good pair that's all
I gotta tell you that I hate to be in traffic
I never really do like what the charts pick
No place to go but I feel so homesick

I'm looking for someplace where living life is not a race
Where I can justify a home
And I'm looking for someone to help break into Kingdom Come
Yeah, I can't make it on my own
There ain't nobody that can make it on their own
There ain't nobody that can make it on their own
Ain't nobody can make it on their own

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from B​-​sides & Demos Vol. I, track released November 3, 2010
Produced by Patrick Norton
Written, performed, and recorded by Patrick Norton
© 2011 Patrick Norton Music

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Patrick Norton San Diego, California

I, Patrick Norton, write songs and play them for people in San Diego, CA. Folks say my story-telling tunes are at once nostalgic and relatable. But it feels weird to say that about myself. Who writes their own bio anyway? When not making music happen, I'm usually fooling around with old cameras, record players, rusty typewriters, and dusty books, while drinking coffee or other craft beverages. ... more

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