Hammer out the edges now Try and leave my past
I feel blue even when I’m out
And know the good times won’t last
Hammer out the edges now
I try and make it pass
Moving to the Northside
To a spot with a relative
Suppose I’ve got
Some good friends there
But it don’t make a difference
Hammer out the edges now
Try and make it right
I’ve come to learn of liquor and
More of heroin
In my youth I ain’t considered
The damps, the darkness,
And their ends
Hammer out the edges now
Try and make it right
I cannot fall asleep
Lie awake through the night
These days I’m staying sober
At least I’m trying to
Some nights are harder than others
When the truth
Don’t seem like the truth
Hammer out the edges now
Try and make it through
Hammer out the edges now
Oh, I try and find the truth
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I should probably call my mother
I’m sure she’s worried sick
In the past when I don’t call her
It means I’m back on the shit
Hammer out the edges now
Try and get it fixed
It all falls to pieces
And I’ve got to pick
Speaking of family
I’ve got the best in blood
And I wish we were closer
But I feel I just can’t speak up
Hammer out the edges now
Try and make it right
Hammer out the edges now
Try and make it rhyme
When I was a baby boy
Was my Momma’s Strawberry Man
In the heat of Ohio
I grew to be an awful man
Bang around the edges now
I try and fix it up
And it all falls to pieces
Oh, I try to pick ‘em up
So I try and pick ‘em up
I bang around the edges now
I try and fix it up
And it all falls to pieces
I try and fix it up
* [And I work in a cafe
Down the boulevard
And it ain’t for much pay
But the work it ain’t too hard
A long way from the squats
And sleeping outside
When my tongue wasn’t working
And my truth on a cardboard sign
I remember the hospitals
And the ambulance rides
When I’d overshoot the mark
And my death would come into life]
*Note: Square brackets [ ] denote
lyrics performed live.
Lyrics & music by Trey Gruber
Recorded by Trey Gruber
Trey Gruber: vocals, acoustic guitar
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www.TreyGruber.com
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Trey Gruber’s posthumous debut double LP Herculean House of Cards. A compilation of early demos, studio demos, and live recordings.
Digitally released by Numero Group. Produced by Jessica Viscius and Desiree Gruber. Mixed by Paul Cherry. Mastered by Greg Obis at Chicago Mastering Service. Pressed by A-Z Media. Album design by Jessica Viscius and Alexa Viscius. Cover photo by Brooklyn Morgan. Back photos by (top) Dan Geddes and (bottom) Jessica Viscius.
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