Cutter

Lyrics

I've been living hand-to-mouth for a year or better
When the mailman comes and he gives me your letter
And I recognize the handwriting even now
But I go ahead and open it anyhow, yeah
No one's been buying from my roadside stand and I
Hold your letter like a cross in my hand
I'm gonna wrap up my troubles
I'm gonna wrap up my troubles
I am gonna wrap up my troubles
In you

I went out into the kitchen
Where the light comes through the four-paneled window
Clean and bright
And it's taken me this long to realize
How much I like the way that you dot your "i"s
I was born in Indiana thirty years ago
I got a mean, cruel hunger down below
And I'm gonna wrap up my troubles
I am gonna wrap up my troubles
I'm gonna wrap up all my troubles
In you

Banter

  • This is a song that has two truths in it, which it's up to you to ferret out...the title of this song is a term of abuse for a person from where I'm from. You may remember it from the movie 'Breaking Away'. It's called 'Cutter'. (1997-11-14)
  • Hoping to play this song in this town here, where I first saw light in this world, since the day I wrote it, so I'm glad you're here. It's called 'Cutter'. (1999-01-30)

    • Live Performances

  • 2013-06-15 - Buskirk-Chumley Theatre, Bloomington (JD and Peter duo - recording)