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Shopping Cart Joe

from BORN A GENIUS by John Pippus

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No one starts off in life hoping they'll end up pushing a shopping cart, living rough, and looking through garbage cans. We've all got a story to tell. Some are luckier than others.

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Leaning into an April wind
Sifting through my past
Funny how the time takes things away
One wrong turn too many
And I guess I lost the thread
I didn’t plan to end up this way

Shopping Cart Joe
That’s what they call me
That’s all they know

Slamming doors and social workers
The neighborhood disgrace
I wish I never took it out on her
Beer on tap and small cigars
Are my only friends
I got swallowed by my pride

Shopping Cart Joe
That’s what they call me
That’s all they know

If you only knew what I could do
When I was on my game
I bet you’d want to be my friend
If you only knew what I was like
When I was seventeen
I want to go back there again

Counting off the city blocks
Adding up the dimes
Trying to keep the angry voices low
Pissing on a miracle
Hoping for a change
I’d just settle for piece of mind

Shopping Cart Joe…



© 2010 John Pippus

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from BORN A GENIUS, released September 15, 2010
7) Shopping Cart Joe 4:03
John Pippus: Harmonica. Lead vocal, and guitar
Adam Bailie: Programming
Neal Ryan: Acoustic guitar solo
Ronii Wata and Neal Ryan: Background vocals

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