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Order Grant-Lee Phillips’ new album, All That You Can Dream: https://ffm.to/allthatyoucandreamAll teary like the Fourth of JulyProud as a plumeBut I don’t know whySome folks don’t go and bury their faceA nickel would have got ‘em to clapFlash ‘em a grin, toss ‘em a capGoin’ away for the rest of their daysRats in a barrelWon’t coax no tears out of meBecause they just bring miseryDon’t need ‘em going through my grainOr running through our houseI’m done with mercy, I’m all tapped outI read a couple school books onceMama never raised a dunceBut some things still leave meItching my headHow people who get up with the dawnAnd toil away can still get connedBelieving what some liar has saidRats in a barrelWon’t coax no tears out of meBecause they just bring miseryDon’t need ‘em going through my grainOr running through our houseI’m done with mercy and I’m all tapped outHear them pleading loudAnd looking scared“Took my marching orders from that man up there”Hear them pleading how “I got caught up”But ya can’t go throwing punchesWhen you’re in the cuffsOld Lincoln saw it all go downAlmost looked like the first time ‘roundOn that January dayRats in a barrelWon’t coax no tears out of meBecause they just bring miseryDon’t need ‘em going through my grainOr running through our houseI’m done with mercy, I’m all tapped outRats in a barrelWon’t coax no tears out of meBecause they just bring miseryDon’t need ‘em going through my grainOr running through our houseI’m done with mercy nowI’m done with mercy nowI’m done with mercy now, all tapped outFollow Grant-Lee Phillips on social media:https://www.facebook.com/grantleephilhttps://twitter.com/GrantLeeTweetshttps://www.instagram.com/grantleephillipsSign up for the Grant-Lee Phillips newsletter: https://www.grantleephillips.com”Rats in a Barrel”Grant-Lee Phillips2022 Storm Hymnal Music Administered by Blue Raincoat Music Publishing / Reservoir Media Management (BMI)2022 Grant-Lee Phillips licensed exclusively to Yep Roc, LLC.#GrantLeePhillips #RatsInABarrel #YepRocRecords