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Call My Bluff [Single]

by The Bootstrap Boys

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"Call My Bluff is a story of a hard times character feeling trapped in their situation but still trying to do better/be better. Somebody that recognizes their own struggle and accepts it, while acknowledging the need for more out of life than just toiling away. Someone that can be vulnerable and ok with it.” - Big Jake Bootstrap

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Those big ole dreams
In this little old town
Three kids later
Came crashing on down
With the lot rent due
And the gas bill too
I need a miracle to survive this week

Twenty-two years
on the same old grind
Only four days a week
but it’s 9 to 9
You gotta do what
you gotta do to get by
And I’d need a miracle to survive this week

Meaning well and such ain’t ever the stuff
That makes one dear to us
You know how the road to hell gets paved
And you know how to call my bluff
Call my bluff

I need to take a little time for myself this year
Plant a garden, go fishin, maybe even brew my own beer
Ya I need a little bit of time for myself this year
And I need this weekend to take me away from here
Take me away

Lord knows I been
tryin’ real hard
Building my credit
Even got me a car
I don’t blow my paycheck
On nights in the bar
But I’ll need a miracle to survive this week

Meaning well and such ain’t ever the stuff
That makes one dear to us
You know how the road to hell gets paved
And you know how to call my bluff
Call my bluff

credits

released March 31, 2023
from the new studio album Hungry & Sober
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
Artwork by Li'l Mama

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