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Chalk Man
Kent Agee/George Bradfute/Kyle Miller/Scott Miller

He had a tattoo on his forearm that said “vengeance is my name”
He had nothing much to live for and everyone to blame
With two dollars in his pocket and no promise to believe
He was never gonna pay for what a bullet gets for free

Chalk man on the sidewalk
With a red cloud on his chest
Make a white line where the real man was
And let the rain do the rest

He was brought up in the darkness where the truth has jagged teeth
His Uncle Sam was crazy and his mother walked the streets
He had learned the market’s lesson, “it’s what you have not what you do”
And when that’s your only message you’ll kill a man for tennis-shoes

Chalk man on the sidewalk
With a red cloud on his chest
Make a white line where the real man was
And let the rain do the rest

He hit the sidewalk running when he jumped out of the car
But when you’ve got nowhere to run to you don’t get very far
They brought him down with one shot, a crowd watched as he bled
It left a tattoo on the sidewalk, “vengeance is my name” it said

Chalk man on the sidewalk
With a red cloud on his chest
Make a white line where the real man was
And let the rain do the rest

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from Life Among the Cannibals, released November 1, 2020

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Kent Agee Nashville, Tennessee

First known in Nashville as the creator and lead-singer of Warner rock act, Jane His Wife, Kent Agee has become recognized as one of the most versatile writers in the music industry. With cuts by acts as diverse as Barbra Streisand, Jon Pardi, Vanessa Williams, Tom Keifer, Rodney Atkins, Evan & Jaron and Del McCoury to name a few. ... more

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