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“As A Rule is partly autobiographical, with an embellishment or two (maybe three). It’s not just a representation of how far out things can get sometimes. It comes around to include acceptance of self and the responsibilities that tag along with that” - Big Jake Bootstrap

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Well I know I’m not the only one that lives like this
Smoke’n shit and drinkin piss
Showin’ up with a bag of roaches
A pack wild dogs in the motor coach
I aim to plan for the worst and hope to miss

And I reckon there ain’t a lot of folks
That view the world the way I do
You oughta treat me just like I treat you
Sow what you reap and reap what you sow
Drive the speed limit in Ohio
And if you’re gonna start somethin’ see it through

I fly under the radar
Every time I hit the highway
And I love to see the country flyin’ by
the clouds look purple but I don’t see rain
Maybe that acid ate a hole in my brain
But I’d like to think I’m just high

Now when I come to town
Set a place for me
The boys and me are thirsty for good times
So bring out all your party favors
Old time heads and candy ravers
Ima goin’ up if you throw down a line

You don’t know me
You don’t know what I’ve been through
You ain’t walked a mile in these boots
I miss cigarettes every which way
& the lord knows I miss dope each day
But I’m the one to blame as a rule

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from Hungry & Sober, track released April 28, 2023
All Songs written by Jake Stilson (BMI)
All Songs performed by The Bootstrap Boys: Jake Stilson (guitar, vox), Nicholas Alexander (guitar, lap steel), Jonathan Bruha (bass), and Jeffrey Knol (drums).
Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered at yellow DOG Studios, Wimberley, Texas, USA. Produced by David Percefull. Engineered by Casey Johns and David Percefull. Assisted by Collin Tucker. Mastered by Adam J. Odor

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