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Rollin' With The Punches

from Into The Heartbeat by Jim Ballard

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Rollin’ With The Punches

I saw your picture yesterday the headline said you’re doin ok
Rollin with the punches stayin alive
But it ain’t been so long since you been down scufflin in the alleys on the backside o town Rollin with the punches you’ll survive
But ya left it all now and ya don’t look back hid your trail well ya covered your tracks Rollin with the punches doin fine
Ah but I know better ‘cause I knew ya when ya never broke ‘cause ya knew how to bend Rollin with the punches down the line
I remember when you were still in school Rollin with the punches
you never let on you were nobody’s fool in your own time
You gambled low and ya gambled high Rollin with the punches
So now you got yer smoke and you got yer coke Rollin with the punches
beat all the odds and by ‘n by
down the line
and yer english cars and that ain’t no joke
it never ends
And your friends surround you with pretty lies such a shame such a shame such a thin disguise
Rollin with the punches such good friends Good good friends
I hear your name in every conversation It ain’t no secret it ain’t anything new But when the time comes down And you’re out on the street Don’t say you knew me
I won’t say I knew you
Yes and everybody’s got a story to tell I told all mine and I told em well Rollin with the punches layin bets
Some people say its a beggar’s lot to sing and play but that’s all I got
Rollin with the punches Some play for pleasure and some play for pain
Rollin with the punches
Ah but the search for love will never end it just goes on and on and on my friend
Rollin with the punches learn to roll Learn to roll

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from Into The Heartbeat, released May 19, 2020

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Jim Ballard Akron, Ohio

Jim Ballard
A native of NE Ohio, Jim Ballard has been, for many years a part of the recording/performing community. After touring and performing all over the country with artists from 10,000 Maniacs to Gordon Lightfoot,The Mekons to Pete Seeger, he moved into his studio, Skylyne. There, he has recorded and worked with artists from Michael Stanley to Don Dixon and Alex Bevan. ... more

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