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Wish I Was Tougher

from Country Pie by Kyle O'Brien

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Wish I Was Tougher is a rough and gritty tale of cowboy desperation. Follow along on the ride into a dark and dangerous story while enjoying soaring electric guitar and thrashing drums.

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Heading up North with two-hundred head
Working for a boss who’s better off dead
Push us so hard it’s a hell of a plight
From the break of day until stars at night

Riding in the saddle till I’m bone raw
Haven’t been paid since way last fall
Staring at the bank it runs through my head
How’s a poor boy to live, when he has no bread

Wish I was tougher, wish I was rougher,
Wish I had a gun I would make a man suffer
You grab the cash I got your cover
Think I got a plan to get us out of here brother

It’s a goddamn sin, the position we’re in
treated like dogs never treated like men
well I’m making a stand with a gun in my hand
it’s a desperate plan but I think I can

Holding us down, always pushin’ you round’
can't smoke away the ache in my head poundin’
you say I’m outta my mind, I say we’re out of time
this is no joke, I’m so broke, I might have to hurt someone

Wish I was tougher, wish I was rougher,
Wish I had a gun I would make a man suffer
You grab the cash I got your cover
Think I got a plan to get us out of here brother

We were doing alright second bank for the night
a do good Johnny thought he’d put up a fight
I fought back and you ran, shit hit the fan
this ain’t part of the plan, I got blood on my hands

Hunkering down, just out of town
gonna die soon if I don’t stop the bleedin’
mud on the ground, I’m prison bound,
I still hear the sound of another man screamin’

Wish I was rougher, wish I was tougher,
Wish I had a gun I would make a man suffer
You grab the cash I got your cover
Think I got a plan to get us out of here brother

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from Country Pie, released April 22, 2022
Kyle O'Brien - vocals, guitar
Chance McCoy - guitar, electric guitar, bass, drums
Vicente Rodriguez - drums

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Kyle O’Brien is a life-long musician - growing up in a touring family band, Kyle developed a keen musical talent. He has since toured & recorded with bands such as the Earl Brothers, the Henhouse Prowlers and The Wrecklunds. Kyle has traveled the world to teach workshops on folk, bluegrass & country music as a cultural ambassador for the State Department. Solo-album, Country Pie, is out now! ... more

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