Yeah, when I ran the hardware store, it was a neighborhood store as well as servicing some of the local contractors. You learned real fast which customers you could trust, and which you couldn't. Gotta say, most people wanted to be up front with their dealings with me, and I was the same with them. But there's always some, a minority to be sure, that want to cut a fat hog in the ass and screw you over. It was bad enough if a lot of money was involved, but I could understand that more than the grumpy horses ass that wants to quibble over something that costs 69 cents. In the beginning, I'd give in to them if they pitched a big enough fit. Didn't want the hassle, wrote it off as the price of doing business. But after a while, I said hell no! They can pitch as big a bitch as they wanted to, but if it wasn't right, it wasn't right! Had to call the police on two people in all those years. One started tearing up the store, throwing stuff off the shelves and all that. The other was gonna go out to his truck and get a damned gun! Both were arrested, the guy with the gun really got in hot water. But just two in 30 years is a pretty good record, I'd say. Anyhow, I wanna say that this song may come off as a little cynical about people, which isn't a bad thing to my mind. There are some folks that mean to do you harm, period. But there's a lot of good folks, more good than bad. Ya just gotta be alert, and watch out for yourself.
Tugboat continues to evolve as an artist and musician, and we're very happy to have him under contract! He's taking a liking to some of our other artists, and may be expanding his sound in the future with saxophones and other instruments.
Be a student of human nature,
Gotta be a student of human nature
Learn to make a call
Before you have a fall
If ya wanna grow and mature.
Find out if your friends are true
Better find out if friends are true
Some look like they’re fair
But a real friend is rare
You’ll end up really blue.
Be wary, for some talk behind your back
Really wary for those who talk behind your back
Seem like a friend for life
Might be stickin’ the knife
And it’ll take you aback
Be loving, be caring,
Pay attention, not staring
Into eyes that don’t look back
They may be showin’ somethin’ they lack.
Be so careful of a special one
Really careful of that special one
Let it be understood
Some won’t do you no good
They will take you on a rough run.
A man has a woman in his life,
A woman has a man in her life
If they don’t ever choose
To love you win or lose
They may be sharpenin’ the knife.
If they belittle your good fortune,
Or scoff at any of the notion
That they don’t love you
No matter what they do
It ain’t love but an evil potion.
Be with someone that supports you all the time
Whether life is bad, or it is sublime
If you look into eyes that don’t look back
Be careful of the ones with hearts of black
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