We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Same Shirt, Different Day

by Rodney Rice

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

1.
A man from TV and now he is president The bible belt thinks he is heaven sent Because he made lots of money he gonna take all our troubles away By the sound of that my troubles are here to stay it ain't nothing new it's more of the same Ain't no poor man can play that game Stand on the corner protest and shout Hoping one day someone figures it out But nothing from nothing don't leave nothing no more Ain't no money in peace like there is in a war Cause I ain't got a dollar no I ain't got a dime I cant get no smoke I cant get no wine I'm just stand here where I'm at Wait for someone to throw a few bucks in my hat I was too young to drink but old enough to vote When they sent me cross the ocean on a big ole boat Had me fighting for freedom in an endless war Then they bring me back and home ain't home no more Cause I ain't got a dollar no I ain't got a dime I cant get no smoke I cant get no wine I'm just going to stand here where I'm at Wait for something good to fall in my lap I got me a women she’s a sweet little soul She can play that piano just like jelly roll gives me shade in the summer keeps me warm in the winter time Sweet little women treating me so kind I may be lazy I may be slow But I ain’t in a hurry I got nowhere to go There is place I need to see Just get home in time to get some sugar from my honey bee Cause I ain't got a dollar no I ain't got a dime I cant get no smoke I cant get no wine I'm just keep walking where I’m at When I m gone that it no more I wouldn't be back
2.
Hard Life 02:46
It's a hard life It's hard life My little one When there is so much trouble in this world It's a hard fight It's hard fight My little one You got to fight for the beauty in this world Come sit with me by the river Time is just like water passing bye Some will say you a fool to take the fight But its the fool who doesn't even try It's a hard life It's hard life My little one When there is so much trouble in this world It's a hard fight It's hard fight My little one You got to fight for the beauty in this world Come walk with me by the ocean Feel the waves pounding on the shore So much of life is so uncertain Yet the waves will crash forevermore It's a hard life It's hard life My little one When there is so much trouble in this world It's a hard fight It's hard fight My little one You got to fight for the beauty in this world Keep on swinging to the last bell is rung It's gonna be a hard fight to be one
3.
Free At Last 03:10
We stood up and said our vowels of always and forever Now all I got is a long divorce and some ugly Christmas sweaters It don't matter much to me To matter much to you I was down but I'm bouncing back Now that we are through Sell the car sell the house sell everything inside Knowing that I did my best I know how hard I tried And your memory will soon be gone Tear the page from the past So said the King now I sing thank God I'm free at last I threw out my vitamins I got percocets and vicodin And all these other pills they pass the time One to keep this hand from shaken, one to keep this heart from breaking One to keep you far away from my worried worried my mind Sell the car sell the house sell everything inside Knowing that I did my best I know how hard I tried And your memory will soon be gone Tear the page from the past So said the King now I sing thank God I'm free at last You said you that you loved me Until I paid the bill When its comes to your love doll I can say I had my fill And it's on and on and on Here we go again Somethings got to break cause I can't take this shape I'm living in Sell the car sell the house sell everything inside Knowing that I did my best I know how hard I tried And your memory will soon be gone Tear the page from the past So said the King now I sing thank God I'm free at last
4.
Well there she goes again She's running around and then All of the pain begins In this game of love Won't say what's on her mind Knowing she'll be gone in time She'll leave it all behind And just walk away So make it a double gin The futures looking so damn dim And I can't get over her While she lying next to him You know its sad But its true After all that we've been through Not much I can do When time goes slow And every now and then Thinking of those days back when And everything that might have been As I drive away So make it a double gin The futures looking so damn dim And I can't get over her While she lying next to him Maybe this time will be different Maybe she has finally settled down Then all the rumors started spreading And they spread all around this town Said she need to find herself Nothing to do with know one else And certainly a guy like me would understand I said it ain't that hard To find out who you are Just look at all the heart ache you've left behind So make it a double gin The futures looking so damn dim And I can't get over her While she lying next to him And it's so much more than over There is no way that I can win And I can't get over her While she's lying next to him
5.
Well I pillage and plunder so it ain't no wonder now the water I can't stand the smell And the ice caps are shrinking the polar bears thinking is it me or just hotter than hell We'll pump West Texas dry there ain't a cloud in the sky but when it rains around here it pours Would it be wrong if we all got along but nobody likes know one no more Fighting for something Something know one can see To be on par with the Jones through the first stone at who don't agree And I'm striving for something Just trying to be Ahead of the curve ball closed out by last call Just happy to be Now my sink is on fire They say I'm a liar and its been that way all along They said it ain't nothing new and it's got nothing to do with the drilling that's going on And the ground starts to shake but that ain't no quake It's some fracking down below And my creek has gone dry no one tells me why that the clean mountain water don't flow Fighting for something Something know one can see To be on par with the Jones through the first stone at who don't agree And I'm striving for something Just trying to be Ahead of the curve ball closed out by last call Just happy to be Now the old EPA says everything's ok but we know that can't be true Because the sledge pound blew out and we know with no doubt what lead in the water will do That's the other side of town that's long been run down where hope is so long over due So much to fear this election year just more preaching that will never come true Fighting for something Something know one can see To be on par with the Jones through the first stone at who don't agree And I'm striving for something Just trying to be Ahead of the curve ball closed out by last call Just happy to be
6.
It's sad but true I got the middle managed blues The low down no good Middle managed blues The boss man gave me my review And said here is what we think of you Before i rip you apart Just know I never liked you right from the start I can't stand the way you dress And you hair is always a mess Why don't you try high and right Are you a left wing hippie who don't want to fight It's sad but true The middle managed blues The damned if you don't or do the middle managed blues See this shirt tail just won't tuck in and I'm the kinda trouble that the cat drug in Everything you thing you think about me is true I'm never going to do what you want me to He said boy you better count your lucky stars that your here in this office and not some old dive bar A dive bar man that sounds like a dream I'm only here for the pay check you know what I mean I tell you It's true That's one way to lose The damned if you don't or do the middle managed blues You can guess that was the end of that job Now Im working construction part time with Bob 8 bucks an hour don't get me to far But it buys me a round in this old dive bar And yes I am still stressed these days My hair falling out and what don't turn grey Either way it don't matter to me I'm just here for the drinks you know what I mean I tell you It's true One way to lose The damned if you don't or do the middle managed blues I tell you It's true One way to lose The low down no good middle managed blues
7.
I would walk across Texas for a woman like you I would walk across Texas for you But now your gone what good would that do If I walked across Texas for you If I walked across Texas for you I'd drink the whole Mississippi for a woman like you Drink the ole muddy river for you But now you're gone like the whiskey is to I'd drink that river for you babe I'd drink that river its true. Standing all alone beside the highway Waiting for someone going my way But they never do But one things true That this highway Brought me here to you I'd climb the highest mountain for a woman like you I'd climb the highest mountain its true But time moves on and our days are through I'd climb that mountain for you babe I'd climb that mountain it's true I'd swim across the ocean for a women like you I'd swim across that ocean blue But on my own I just sink like a stone I can't swim a lick its true babe I'd walk across the bottom for you Standing all alone beside the highway Waiting for someone going my way But they never do But one things true That this highway Brought me here to you
8.
Company Town 03:58
Headed across the river to the old train track Jump the first ole engine that just ain't coming back I been around this town for way to long have to pack up my bags and be moving on I'll ride that engine on down to the mine send some coal out of ole number nine swinging that hammer from dawn all day at the end of the week I collect my pay That's the way that the world goes around When you stuck inside of a company town making a dollar you saving to die breaking your back down in that old coal mine Just like my daddy and his daddy too I work this mine till my days are through Driving drift is all that I know Lord take me when its my time to go I hang that brass tag on the wall I pray to the lord the back don't fall and if I don't get to see the light of day down in that seam my soul will stay That's the way that the world goes around When you stuck inside of a company town making a dollar you saving to die breaking your back down in that old coal mine Mister Massey what have you done you took fathers, brothers and sons Wives are crying forever alone waiting on husbands who'll never be home We take pride in all that we do gave our lives to put the lights on for you ​so Hollywood you don't understand all the troubles of coal mining man That's the way that the world goes around When you stuck inside of a company town making a dollar you saving to die breaking your back down in that old coal mine
9.
Everyone has the chance to do right Everyone's got the right to be wrong The only thing around here getting older is Your same old dance and your same old song You were out your welcome Over booked your stay And I've been meaning to tell you I don't like it when you treat me this way Never saw it coming she left me by surprise A broken heart and those tears in her eyes I didn't have the words to tell her as she turned and walked away How do I know she would have listed anyway Then she say.. Now I go the chance to do right Gonna right some wrongs The only thing around here getting older are these boots that I got on I wore out my welcome Over booked my stay And yeah I been meaning to tell you I've been thinking about going away I know this house looks empty but believe its full of doubt I can't help but wonder sometimes maybe we could have worked it out But nights that get lonely In this cheap inflatable double sized bed Me and the old dog and some books I still ain't read Some times I've been right Most times I'm wrong Only thing around here getting older Is this road I'm walking on I don't know where I'm going Or how long I can stay I just hope that if I keep on swinging gonna knock one out of this park one day
10.
Sitting on the front porch in the the hot august sun 10 min ago we was laughing all just having fun someone pinched an arm another grabbed a hand of hair we all knew what would happen when our screams filled the air He come around the corner like a runaway freight train crazy look in his eye certifiably insane He had us wrapped up in winter coats when mama pulled in the drive I don't know how we made it through our childhood alive Remember those your passing going up you gonna pass them coming down always do what's right because what you do comes back around keep looking on the bright side of every rainy day don't forget your prayers at night remember what i say Yeah mama had a way with words daddy not so much a lifetime spent working around the world left him just out of touch Now I sit around now laughing at the shit he used to say so many years ago but feels like yesterday I brought you in this world so I can take you out settle it down before I give you something to cry about you kids think you learned it all in the few years you've spent in school you might think you walk on water now but remember shit floats too Needless to say Mom and Dad grew apart both went their separate ways us kids made it through our childhood but we don't talk much these days My oldest sister has a slew of kids she's an aging house wife. middle sisters strung out on dope she makes her money at night and I ramble round this country moving every year or two With this old guitar and traveling scares I sing my song for you Yes those days go on forever but the years just flew right bye Life in between goes on it seems for reasons who knows why Sometimes I think I got it figured out but I seldom ever do whenever I have my doubts mamas words coming ringing through Remember those your passing going up you gonna pass them coming down always do whats right because what you do comes back around keep looking on the bright side of every rainy day don't forget your prayers at night remember what i say don't forget your prayers at night remember what I say
11.
Working more Making less House a wreck and my heads a mess I got to start the day I got so much shit to do Trying to find A hint of hope Passing time Smoking dope Wondering what this word is coming to Till the rivers all run backwards And the oceans go dry I'm going to love you forever girl But I'm staying just for tonight So I Jump the wall Breaking lose Dodge a bullet and Slipped the noose You always knew when I'd be passing through I got to keep this Hammer down Long as the world keeps spinning round I'd love to stay But that's something I can't do Till the rivers all run backwards And the oceans go dry I'm going to love you forever girl But I'm staying just for tonight It takes two to dance Two to fight One is wrong One is right You can hate me with all your might It don't mean a damn to me All that's left is an empty road A beating heart that's growing cold I told you once so you've been told Don't play that card on me Till the rivers all run backwards And the oceans go dry I'm going to love you forever girl But I'm staying just for tonight
12.
Through all the heart ache Blood sweat and tears Late nights and early morning Whiskey smoke and beer There was lost love And some one night stands Those times that just break your heart You're never going to understand So don't look back Baby don't look back Put one foot in front of another Take this day like any other Do what you gonna do But don't look back Through all the dreaming And forever vows Promises not to break Were broken somehow And all the screaming And the slamming doors The moment I realized I Couldn't live like this no more So don't look back Baby don't look back Put one foot in front of another Take this day like any other Do what you gonna do But don't look back I've been looking for answers To questions in my mind No shortage of question But I'm running low on time So goodbye tomorrow If you never come If I could start over I'd do exactly just as I done So don't look back Baby don't look back Put one foot in front of another Take this day like any other Do what you gonna do But don't look back

about

"[a] sense of irony and his particular penchant for framing everyday situations with a cheery and charming attitude and down-home demeanor...Rice not only shares an admiration for Prine in his prime, but also manages to make that affable attitude his own...Mainly though, Rice not only wears his heart on his sleeve, but also plants his tongue firmly in cheek" (Lee Zimmerman/The Daily Ripple)

credits

released October 23, 2020

Produced recorded and mixed by Andre Moran at the Congress House Studio Austin, TX

Assistant Engineer Craig Delony

Mastered by Mark Hallman

Musicians:
Rick Richards
Tom Crail
Woody Woodruff
Andre Moran
Mark Hallman
Austin De Lone
Erik Telford
Marcus Cardwell
David Carroll
Eddie Dickerson
Jeff Plankenhorn
Mike Hardwick
Bonnie Whitmore

Cover Art by Silvia Drafz

Layout by Adam Webster

Thank you,
Rodney Rice

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Rodney Rice

Rodney Rice knows just how to capture the fleeting glimmers of an emotional moment in life and turn them into songs that evoke our own feelings of despair and hope, loss and love. Rice delivers his lyrics with a knowing nod and wink and a twinkle of the eye to the difficulties we encounter in our daily lives, and creates memorable characters in his songs whose foibles remind us of folks we know. ... more

contact / help

Contact Rodney Rice

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Rodney Rice, you may also like: