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Tumblin' Down

from Deluxe by Ron Sunshine

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The further adventures of Ten Finger Jack.

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Tumbling Down
(Dreyer, Sunshine) 4/30/02 Pawling, NY

I never thought it could happen to me
I had a wife and a Mercedes Benz
A had a greenback for every blade of grass on my lawn
To win people and influence friends
One night of sin and now I’m spinning on a merry-go-round
While my world comes tumblin’ down, world comes…

I got mixed up with 10-Finger Jack
In a way I could not have foreseen
He spoke in million-dollar metaphors,
But he reeked just like cheap gasoline
He said he wouldn’t rest until he put me six feet underground
And my world came tumblin’ down

I left Jack’s sister in a family way
Without ever saying a word
Jack did the wolf; she did the rabbit,
While I did the proverbial bird
My wife was inside of my house as it burned to the ground
And my world came tumblin’ down, world came..

The moral of the story is as old as the hills,
And it’s something that we all know
There ain’t no free lunch; you gotta pay the piper
And you reap just what you sow.
Maybe you’ll find something to say that’s a little more profound
When your world comes tumblin’ down
World comes tumblin’ down.

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from Deluxe, released September 4, 2003
(Sunshine, Dreyer)

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Ron Sunshine New York, New York

Singer, songwriter, harmonica player Ron Sunshine was born in Denver, moved to NYC in '81, and started paying music full time in '90. He has released six albums, toured internationally, and recorded &performed with the likes of Dr. John, The P-Funk Horns, Pinetop Perkins, Wilson Pickett, and many others. Ron & band continue to dazzle from NY to Los Angeles, Paris to Stockholm, Bermuda to Red Bank. ... more

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