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Weak

from Filament by Buddy Mondlock

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Weak (Nick Tibbs/Buddy Mondlock)

Weak
Nobody wants to look weak
For death shall inherit the meek
And I am the meanest ground pounder
Downtowner
Town downer
Weak

Sixteen weeks and sixteen days
From boot camp to a pink haze
Where the staff sergeant used to be
As he waved us back from an IED

Where a mortar’s just a random act
Like a haircut or a joke you crack
Now I’m the one who kicks down doors
You kids there, get down on the floor

Weak
Nobody wants to look weak
For death shall inherit the meek
And I am the meanest ground pounder
Downtowner
Town downer
Weak

And then they just rotate you home
You muster out, you’re all alone
Your buddy bought it in Iraq
And you’re guilty cause you made it back

But the VA’s gonna fix you up
Just swallow these pills in this cup
Back from the land of us and them
Giving Oxy out like M&Ms

Weak
Nobody wants to look weak
For death shall inherit the meek
And I am the meanest ground pounder
Downtowner
Town downer
Weak

So is this a problem? Nah, man, no
I can handle it I’m in control
I’m either high or I’m sick
Either way I’m out of it

And if the Oxy’s getting thin
I can score some heroin
Then some cop kicks down the door
And I’m the one who’s on the floor

(INSTRUMENTAL BREAK)

Three days in then out on bail
Re-arrested back in jail
There’s a program if you plead
There’s what you want or what you need

Now I speak
I sit in this circle and speak
Where nobody thinks I’m a freak
‘Cause I’m not the only wall climber
Less blinder
Day at a timer
I speak
I speak

©2023 by MTR Healing Music admin by Me Gusta Music(BMI)/Fire of Change Music (ASCAP)

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from Filament, released February 18, 2023
Brad Jones - harmonium / Evan Cobb - oboe / Austin Hoke - cello / Buddy - acoustic guitar & vocal

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Buddy Mondlock Nashville, Tennessee

Buddy Mondlock writes songs. He does it so well that some great songwriters have recorded his songs on their own albums. Guy Clark, Nanci Griffith, and Janis Ian, to name just a few. You might’ve heard his song “The Kid” (recorded by David Wilcox, Peter, Paul and Mary and Cry, Cry, Cry) and maybe even sung it yourself around a campfire. He draws you into his world. ... more

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