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Got tired of waiting for you at the greyhound stop
I knew my luck, so I started to walk
First car that passed me by
Pulled over and I jumped inside
Hey hey buddy, are you headed towards Wichita?

He had a steel steer buckle and he liked to talk
About the women who wronged him and his faithful dog
Don’t know what came over me
But I slid myself across that seat
Now he’s driving’ with one hand on my knee

We stopped that night to look at the stars
Had a picnic on the roof of his car
One bottle turned to three
Then it got a little fuzzy
When I woke in the morning
It was just my bags and me

Feels like when it rains, it always pours
Someone’s locked all the windows and boarded up the doors
I ain’t lucky
I’m as far away from luck as can be
Lightning wouldn’t strike me flying a kite with a key

There’s a lesson here that I’m supposed to get
But I was bad at school, cheated on every test
Just tell me what I’m supposed to do,
I’ll learn my lines, I’ll hit my cue
Just as soon as I can get into Wichita

Just tell me what I’m supposed to do,
I’ll learn my lines, I’ll hit my cue
Just as soon as I can get into Wichita

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from Both Sides of Lonely, released June 2, 2023

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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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