Midwestern Middle Aged Misery

from Don't Tell Me How To Feel by Ungrateful Little String Band

	/

Buy the Full Digital Album
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Includes unlimited streaming of Don't Tell Me How To Feel via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 7 days

$10 USD or more

lyrics

Annie comes home and she looks out the window
Empties her tips into a jar
She wonders where Danny went since he left her
He took the ford but he couldn’t go far

She use to date Martin back in high school
Now she wonders why she ever let him go
Cause Danny drank 'til the day he left her
And Martins got a wife and kids in Ohio

Annie’s lost hope in love
Annie stopped praying to the good lord above
To bring her a man
one who understands
No, annie's got no hope left in love

Sometimes she’s grateful she had the miscarriage
Cause she couldn’t pay to keep a baby fed
Then she remembers the pain that it left her
It’s the kind a pain she can’t get out of her head

She thinks about martin and his blue eyes
If they saw her now what would they see
She looks at her reflection in the window
Says “you don’t look like a beauty queen to me”

Annie’s lost hope in love
Annie stopped praying to the good lord above
To bring her a man
one who understands
No, annie's got no hope left in love

Danny's in motel in Manitoba
He's watching some late night TV show
He hasn’t had drink since September
He wishes he could call and tell her so

But without his drink he can’t silence the voices
And he can’t bear to stand that pain
He puts the .45 up to his temple
And blows the demons out of his brain

Danny lost hope in love
Danny stopped praying to the good lord above
He’s a monster not a man
And Annie wouldn’t understand
He blamed himself for killing her hope and love

And hope would have been the name of their daughter
If he hadn’t got angry during that pregnancy
So Annie broke her nose instead of breaking water
And the guilt killed the last of his sanity

In Ohio a baby wakes crying
A blue-eyed man goes to see what’s wrong
Then he recalls an old memory
Of his high school girlfriend and her favorite love song

credits

from Don't Tell Me How To Feel, released May 3, 2016

license

about

Ungrateful Little String Band Minneapolis, Minnesota

We are but six fun-loving humans who happen to play music together, trying to do our part to overthrow the kyriarchy, one lush harmony at a time.

Recommendations

contact / help

Contact Ungrateful Little String Band

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

Ungrateful Little String Band recommends:

Tuffy Red Sings Into A Tiny Microphone
by Tuffy Red

Tuffy Red's solo album (one of our two singer-songwriters)! Ungrateful Little String Band
go to album

If you like Ungrateful Little String Band, you may also like:

Anarchist Gospel
by Sunny War

Beautifully played and full of moving vocal performances, the Bay Area singer/songwriter's latest is a stellar work of art. Bandcamp Album of the Day Feb 3, 2023
go to album
Coxswain
by Routine Layup

Wry songs from this Washington artist that recall the homespun charm of early Mountain Goats. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 4, 2021
go to album
Forever Only Idaho
by Harrison Lemke

Big, strummy songs that recall the heart-on-sleeve earnestness and lo-fi glory of early Mountain Goats. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 20, 2021
go to album
Remember That I Love You
by Kimya Dawson

For the next week, proceeds from Kimya Dawson’s albums on Bandcamp will go to the family of Charleena Lyles. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 19, 2017
go to album
The Nothing
by The Last Dinosaur

Jamie Cameron conveys heartbreak and loss with violins, acoustic plucking, tambourine beats, and whispered lyrics. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 20, 2017
go to album