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Kitchen Table Poet Lyrics by Chris Canterbury

Quaalude Lullabies

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[Verse 1]
He had a junk drawer full of Marlboro milds
A sailor's mouth and a preacher's smile
He'd say, "Y'all come in, won't you stay awhile?"
And he'd turn a phrase like an AM dial
[Verse 2]
An old wooden chair with a million scratches
From openin' beers and strikin' matches
On the leg or the seat every time it catches
A rhyme or line between the ashes
[Chorus]
He's a kitchen table poet, he's a danger with a phrase
A rounder and a founder of a once forgotten age
His words flow like whiskey through thе fibers on the page
But hе's a kitchen table poet, you won't ever know his name
[Verse 3]
There's a sign on the porch says "The Promised Land"
He's spittin' Levi Garrett in a Folgers can
Had her name tattooed on the back of his hand
'Fore she run off with a gypsy band
[Chorus]
He's a kitchen table poet, he's a danger with a phrase
A rounder and a founder of a once forgotten age
His words flow like whiskey through the fibers on the page
But he's a kitchen table poet, you won't ever know his name
He's just a kitchen table poet, you won't ever know his name
[Verse 4]
He had a junk drawer full of Marlboro milds
A sailor's mouth and a preacher's smile
An old Bell and Howel with a busted dial
Stuck on the Biscuit Flower Hour
Credits
Chris Canterbury

Chris Canterbury

About “Kitchen Table Poet” by Chris Canterbury

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"Kitchen Table Poet" is credited to Chris Canterbury. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Kitchen Table Poet" appears on "Quaalude Lullabies".

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