Biography:
James McMurtry (born March 18, 1962 in Fort Worth, Texas) is a Texas rock/Texas Country singer, songwriter, guitarist, bandleader and occasional actor (Daisy Miller, Lonesome Dove). He performs as James McMurtry And The Heartless Bastards with veteran bandmates and rhythm section Darren Hess and Ronnie Johnson (not to be confused with the Cincinnati, OH, band Heartless Bastards).
The son of acclaimed author Larry McMurtry (Lonesome Dove, Terms of Endearment), James grew up on a steady diet of Johnny Cash and Roy Acuff records.
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Other songs:
- Broken Bed
- Charlemagnes Home Town
- Childish Things
- Choctaw Bingo
- Copper Canteen
- Crazy Wind
- Dont Waste Away
- Fast As I Can Acoustic
- Fireline Road
- Fuller Brush Man
- Gulf Road
- Hands Like Rain
- Hurricane Party
- Iolanthe
- Lights Of Cheyenne
- Lost In The Backyard
- Memorial Day
- Out Here In The Middle
- Painting By Numbers
- Pocatello
- Ruby And Carlos
- State Of The Union
- Too Long In The Wasteland
- Walk Between The Raindrops
- We Cant Make It Here
- We Cant Make It Here Anymore
- Wheres Johnny
- You Got To Me
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Connecting the dots
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You don't call the shots
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The gates of the schoolyard
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Are padlocked and chained
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To keep all the children in out of the rain
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The art teacher's preaching
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The virtues of pastel shades
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You pay no attention but it won't hurt your grades
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'cause you're painting by numbers
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Connecting the dots
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They don't have to tell you
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You don't call the shots
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You jump when they say jump
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And you don't ask how high
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Painting by numbers they know you'll get by
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You take a position
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In the old man's firm
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He signs all the papers
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You agree to the terms
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They let you run errands
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And you don't get days off
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You take off the garbage and hope it pays off
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'cause you're painting by numbers
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Connecting the dots
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You work from neck down
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You don't call the shots
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You jump when they say jump
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And you don't ask how high
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'cause painting by numbers they know you'll get by
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Painting by numbers they know you'll get by
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You might be in grad school
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Up at M.I.T
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You might be down in the canal zone
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Being all that you can be
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You might get to thinking
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You're ahead of the game
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But when you break it all down
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It all comes out the same
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Connecting the dots
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More often than not
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You jump when they say jump
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And you don't ask how high
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'cause you're painting by numbers
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Connecting the dots
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You work from neck down
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You don't call the shots
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You jump when they say jump
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And you don't ask how high
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Painting by numbers they know you'll get by
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Painting by numbers they know you'll get by
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Painting by numbers they know you'll get by
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