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Sometimes the apple falls far from the tree, but boy, this one hasn’t
Inherited her eyes, her smile, her nose, her boobs, and her bad habits

From the time i could talk picked up all I was taught
And Momma, I took that to heart.
How to let someone treat you
How to let someone beat you down
How to make your own scars

I got a short fuse
Rotten luck
Another man who cannot love me
And yet I keep staying
‘Cause I can’t come unless my heart’s breaking

Daddy always said I was his little girl, but he said that with the same mouth
That he used for making deals, that he used for kissing fillies who were not mom or myself
There’s a long line of women behind me waiting
Hoping this one had the sense to break free
I’d give anything to trade this family’s tradition for one with a better pedigree

I got a short fuse
Rotten luck
Another man who cannot love me
And yet I keep staying
‘Cause I can’t come unless my heart’s breaking

I got a short fuse
Rotten luck
Another man incapable of love
And yet I keep staying
‘Cause I can’t come unless my heart’s breaking

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from Not the Marrying Kind, released June 12, 2020
Guitar & vocals: Michelle Billingsley
Fiddle: Matt Brown
Bass: Ethan Jodziewicz
Engineered and mixed by Brian Deck
Recorded at Narwhal Studios, Chicago, IL
Additional Recording: Ethan Jodziewicz
Mastered by JJ Golden, Golden Mastering
Produced by Matt Brown

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Michelle Billingsley Chicago, Illinois

"Biting & enigmatic. …the knock ‘em dead bravado of Nancy Sinatra and the blunt storytelling knack of Neko Case." -Glide Magazine

“Charming ... candid." - American Songwriter

“Biting wit...all in a tongue-in-cheek gently honky-tonkin’ spirit." -Americana UK

Michelle will remind you of an Emmylou who went through the looking glass.
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