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Nobody's Angel

by Bruce Hoppe

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I had this friend and though she was mostly of moderate temperament, I always remembered this one thing about her. When we'd be out and she'd start taking her earrings off that meant there was probably gonna be a fight. This song is about women like her. What Tony Joe White use to call a straight razor totin' woman.

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Nobody’s Angel

Well she’s nobody’s fool she knows that perfect is the enemy of the good
I said she’s nobody’s fool she knows that perfect is the enemy of the good
She rides her pinto pony bareback, tearin’ up the countryside like Robin Hood

She won’t stand for no excuses if you got ‘em might as well go run and hide
No she won’t stand for no excuses if you got ‘em might as well go run and hide
Got them eyes of smoky gray, a tawny mane like the alpha lion of a pride

She don’t like to borrow trouble but if trouble’s bound to come
She’ll pull off then gold hoop earrings time for you to fight or run
Cuz she’ll say hey hey darlin’ why don’t you stop and think it through
You can walk away still standin', need no doctor to come callin’ after you

She’s got a lot of love to give but it don’t come without a price
If you can’t match it in return better get on down the line
Cuz she’ll be long, long gone with your heart stolen in the night
She don’t suffer fools so easy, she just wants someone to treat her right

You may see her ridin’ ‘cross the heartland in a flickering heat lightning summer night
You may see her ridin’ ‘cross the heartland in a flickering heat lightning summer night
She’s nobody’s angel, a dream unbroken, hell bent hoping to touch the sky
She’s nobody’s angel, a dream unbroken, hell bent hopin’ to touch the sky

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released February 19, 2022
Bruce Hoppe: Guitar and lead vocal
Steve Amadee: Drums, percussions, vocals
John Magnee: keyboards, accordion and vocals
Cary Morin: guitar, pedal steel and vocals

Produced by John Magnee
Recorded at Knucklehead Studios, fort Collins, Colorado
Mixed and Mastered by James Tuttle, Airshow, Boulder, Colorado
All songs Bruce Hoppe Back-to-One Music BMI

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Bruce Hoppe Pueblo, Colorado

A combination of punchy and poetic lyrics on contemporary topics backed up by some tasty finger picking guitar licks. A rootsy sound that is a combination of Chicago folk and blues influences of the early years, then fused with the later inspirations from the Austin alt. country sound. When not playing Bruce can be found horseback somewhere in a Colorado pasture. ... more

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