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Drink You Off My Mind

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A Lion Ain't Done
Built From The Bottom
Last Call at Midnight
More Than One Road
Never Stop
One More Hill
When Luck Turns
Whiskey Knows Your Name
Your Number's Still in My Phone

Full songs stream on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube. Written and performed by Richard Dall.

Country songs about working hard

Songs for the hours nobody sees. Not about loving the grind — about what it costs, and doing it anyway because someone is counting on you.

  1. Empty Fridge
    Unpaid bills, an empty kitchen, and a family that still has to eat tonight.
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  2. Food on the Table
    Providing when there is nothing to provide with. The cycle ends with you.
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  3. I Came to Win
    Hunger, before any of it worked out.
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  4. Built From The Bottom
    Starting with nothing and counting every step up from there.
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  5. Keep Your Foot On The Gas
    Motivational country rock. The shortest fuse on the record.
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  6. Make a Change
    The moment you stop waiting for the situation to improve on its own.
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The working-man song, and what it usually gets wrong

Most songs about hard work are really about pride in hard work. These are about the arithmetic: what is in the account, what is in the fridge, how many hours are left. Pride comes later, if it comes at all.

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