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Fine Line Between Greatness and Desperation

from What She Said by Fred Gillen Jr

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Fine Line Between Greatness and Desperation

My father worked like some people love
every job he did was do or die
even if it hurt or was impossible
a man DOES, a man doesn't try

There's a fine line
between greatness and desperation
a fine line

we never lived in the same town
he'd moved on, mother scared him away
she'd put me on a bus for hours to see him
and I'd cry all the way

There's a fine line
between greatness and desperation
a fine line

I remember one time he took me hunting
teach me how to shoot, hold a shotgun in my hands
I wound up on the ground, the recoil too strong
I was a child, but he didn't understand

There's a fine line
between greatness and desperation
a fine line

when he entered the room, he made sure you knew it
drinks for the house every time
he never got elected because of his record
but he was the mayor of the bar for a while

five foot eight but always seemed bigger
until I saw him in that hospital bed
pale and drawn and all but disappearing
stark pillow halos around his head

There's a fine line
between greatness and desperation
a fine line

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from What She Said, released April 7, 2017
(Fred Gillen Jr/ Fuel For The Revolution B.M.I.)
Fred: acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussion, vocals

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Fred Gillen Jr Athens, New York

NYFA grant recipient Fred Gillen Jr has released 12 solo albums, and 6 ep’s, has toured all over the U.S. and Europe solo, and Nepal/ India with Greenheart. His songs have been on ABC's "All My Children," NPR's "Car Talk," CMJ, and his version of Woody Guthrie's "I Ain't Got No Home" was featured on Pete Seeger's "Pete Remembers Woody." He is also a founding member of THE TRIKE rock trio. ... more

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