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The Loyal Housewife

from California Bound by Michael Mazochi

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I’m called the loyal housewife, a virtue to be told
I pace the floors most every night and day
My husband went away to leave my boys and I alone
With raging fire and military rag

Well times were hard when we first met, just tryin’ to make ends meet
We had one child and one more on the way
They promised him his union dues to take the field and fight
Our first born child still cryin’ in the night

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Government man oh government man where can my baby be
It’s been six long years since he last said to me
I’ll take your for my bride to be to love eternally
I swear by God I won’t leave you alone

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His daddy was a coalminer, his daddy just the same
But there ain’t no minin work in troubled times
In fear that he had shamed his name, he up and moved away
Only to lay his daddy in the ground

So he took a job in Louisiana, a peasant for his pay
He worked when winters freeze bit to his bones
And even so he barely made enough to scrape on by
So he traded in his spade for enemy fire

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Government man oh government man where can my baby be
It’s been six long years since he last said to me
I’ll take your for my bride to be to love eternally
I swear by God I won’t leave you alone

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He left one early mornin’ I watched the taillights fade
I knew our lives would never be the same
He sealed inside and envelope our wedding photograph
The only way I can recall his smile

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Government man oh government man where can my baby be
It’s been six long years since he last said to me
I’ll take your for my bride to be to love eternally
I swear by God I wont leave you alone
I swear by God I wont leave you alone

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from California Bound, released October 1, 2006

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Michael Mazochi Los Angeles, California

Started folky, got rocky, then digitized.

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