Broke in a Small Town - Michael Batdorf

from The WyoFolk Project by Various Artists

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lyrics

It’s a damn expensive town to be broke in
I wish everything that glittered and shined was gold
and if ever there was a time when I needed
I wish this damned old Song had sold

CHORUS
Pay my rent get my bills
Saddle up and take another swill
Because it ain’t coming easy if it comes at all
I’m Broke in a Small Town

Boy was I naive to think I had landed
or that a band of thieves could hold me at all
or that a house on the hill was something I wanted
or that a home was anything I could fill

CHORUS
Pay my bills get my rent
I’m saving up every heaven cent
It ain’t coming easy if it comes at all
I’m Broke in a Small Town

VERSE 1

Chorus 1

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from The WyoFolk Project, released March 31, 2023
Broke in a Small Town – written by Michael Batdorf/Easy Chair Music (ASCAP)
Michael Batdorf – vocal, acoustic guitars
Hilary Camino – harmony vocal

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The WyoFolk Project Wyoming

A compilation of 14 previously unreleased works by 14 of Wyoming’s
celebrated songwriters. Recorded July to September 2022 at Three
Hearted Recording in Hoback, Wyoming. Supported in part by grant
funding from the Wyoming Arts Council, National Endowment for the
Arts and the Wyoming Legislature. ... more

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