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--from the Snipe Hunt album "We'll Be Right Back!" ('99).

Download the whole album here: walterehresman.bandcamp.com/album/well-be-right-back

Watch the video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSJyaoM9D-U

Ehresman remembers "I wrote and recorded this song in '92, and it came out on my album 'The Blue Shoat Special!' in '96.......Snipe Hunt re-recorded a new, re-arranged version of it for our first album......I think the lyrics speak for themselves."

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I Ain't Such a Bad Guy
(© 1992 Walter Ehresman)

Well, I didn't sink Amelia Earhart, momma,
and I didn't put the smog in the sky;
Never cast a vote for George Bush, baby,
so why don't you give me a try?
There ain't no heavy starch within a mile of me, darlin' and
I'm hopin' that it's easy to see
I ain't such a bad guy.

Well, I never co-wrote a Stallone movie, and
I never went out with Cher;
and don't say a word about the Persian Gulf, because
I swear I wasn't even there.
I ain't selling crack, I ain't a quarterback
posing in his underwear;
I don't use my guitar as an extension of my penis and
I never put mousse in my hair.
Ain't a Polo shirt within a mile of me, darlin' and
I'm sitting here telling you why
I ain't such a bad guy.

Well, I never did hire a billboard, baby,
never flushed a fish down the commode;
If I done all the things that your look suggests
I don't think that I could carry the load.
Now I understand that livin' in this land might
generate suspicious minds, but
if every man is hatched out evil then
a good one must be sure hard to find.
There ain't a Gucci belt within a mile of me, baby
and I'm beggin' you to give me a try;
I ain't such a bad guy.

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from The Best of​.​.​.​.​.​Songs of Possibilities, released December 2, 2017
Snipe Hunt--Walter Ehresman: vocals, lead & rhythm (clean) guitars, bell, tubano, electric percussion pads, derision; Vic Ramirez: rhythm (dirty) guitar, derision; Scott Brannock: fretless bass, derision; Pat Devaney: kit drums, shaker, plea for understanding.

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Walter Ehresman San Miguel De Allende, Mexico

Called "the quintessential Austin DIY artist" by famed local disc jockey Charlie Martin , Walter Ehresman was an eccentric presence in the Austin music scene from the '80s until his 2015 move to Mexico. A prolific songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist...and a restless musical spirit, always looking for something new, expressed with fearlessly honest, socially-conscious lyrics. ... more

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