Six Months at the Worst

from The Devil's Share by Steven Heighton

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SIX MONTHS AT THE WORST

They’ll give you six months at the worst
You’ll have to say you’re sorry first
“Sorry” isn’t hard, you just say everything in reverse
Your friends know lines you can rehearse

It’s nice to not get sent to jail
It’s sweet when Papa pays the bail
Bright futures like your future need not be derailed
His lawyers handle the details

She’s just a drunk girl
With no choice to refuse you
A drunk and drugged girl
With no voice to accuse you

They say she’s just a drunken girl
Passed out in her party dress and pearls
Some boys believe a drunk girl gets what she deserves
And cries for help now go unheard

She’s black she’s white she’s brown she’s native
They’ll talk about the paths she strayed off
They’ll make a list of all the drugs she should have stayed off
They’ll ask what girls these days are made of

She’s just a drunk girl
No reason to suspect you
A drunk and drugged girl
With no means to reject you

As you know . . .

Behind a dumpster you leave her crying
For all you know she could be dying
If you get caught, why you just testify she’s lying
It won’t be you the system’s trying

You’re just a drunk boy
No cop here to be your conscience
When people talk about tenderness
You suspect they know it’s nonsense

Yes you do . . .

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from The Devil's Share, released April 24, 2021
Lyrics and music by Steven Heighton. © 2020 Steven Heighton/Hightone Music (SOCAN).

Kevin Bowers: electric guitar
Pete Bowers: drums
Hugh Christopher Brown: Wurlitzer organ and piano
Teilhard Frost: percussion
Steven Heighton: vocals, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar

The Devil’s Share released April 2021 by Wolfe Island Records/CRS Europe.

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Steven Heighton Kingston, Ontario

Heighton is the author of 18 books--novels, poetry, stories, and nonfiction. He has published work in Granta, the New York Times, Tin House, London Review of Books, Best American Poetry, and many others. His first album, "The Devil's Share," produced by Hugh Christopher Brown of Wolfe Island Records, will be released April 21, 2021. ... more

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