‘ SHOW PONY ’ SENTENCE STARTERS
starters taken from orville peck’s 2020 ep “show pony.” feel free to change pronouns, etc.
‘ catch ‘em by surprise. ’
‘ nothing holds me down. ’
‘ we’re dreaming with the lights on. ’
‘ you’re trying to keep your eyes on something along the rise. ’
‘ you and i bide our time. ’
‘ i miss summertime. ’
‘ they punish those who love young. ’
‘ something inside me died. ’
‘ keep on rockin’, baby. ’
‘ maybe we’ll be riding all night. ’
‘ you and i, by and by. ’
‘ they say paris is dead. ’
‘ i lived through london, and drank through memphis. ’
‘ the things you live by were once just a guess. ’
‘ there ain’t no glory in the west. ’
‘ it’s hard to think on your feet. ’
‘ i’m tired of begging them just to compete. ’
‘ shoot to win can feel so bittersweet, but you take what you can get. ’
‘ you take what you can get. ’
‘ nowhere left to go. ’
‘ going’s all we know. ’
‘ there’s still no rest. ’
‘ what’s a boy to do? ’
‘ i’ll hit the road with a dollar or two. ’
‘ i’m haunted by what i know i can’t do. ’
‘ after each midnight begins a new day. ’
‘ don’t place your bets on a word that they say. they’ll put your life to rest. ’
‘ no one on the highways tonight. just you, and me, and the rigs we ride. ’
‘ we’re burning rubber wherever we go. ’
‘ the road doesn’t matter, it’s how you haul. ’
‘ we lost it after all. ’
‘ you put up the cards just to watch ‘em fall. ’
‘ you always said you’d drive me. ’
‘ you always said you’d drive me crazy. ’
‘ you said it was you and me ‘til we died, so hands on the wheel and let’s drive. ’
‘ just look straight ahead if you like it slow. ’
‘ take guesses on exits. one has to be right. ’
‘ nothing lasts forever. that’s how it goes. ’
‘ never thought i’d learn to love the snow. ’
‘ it’s been a long year. ’
‘ we’ve got places to be. ’
‘ you there? keep me company. ’
‘ i just thought maybe you saw me as well. ’
‘ i never really felt this world. ’
‘ i know we never tried passing the days away. ’
‘ dare me on a dime to say that we had everything we need. ’
‘ to my surprise, neither one of us has died. ’
‘ washed up, nowhere to go. hate to say i told you so. ’
‘ i’m just a nervous guy. ’
‘ there’s a target on our backs each day. ’
‘ we know that nothing’s free. ’
‘ we’re running out into the night. ’
‘ i’m getting low on luck. it’s time to fight. ’
‘ call me up and tell me all your frights. ’
‘ i keep thinking we’ll disappear. ’
‘ i’ve been gone back from my old ways too long. ’
‘ each song keeps me rolling along my way. ’
‘ dust is in our veins. ’
‘ a stampede couldn’t break me in my stride. ’
‘ it gets lonesome on the lonesome trail. ’
‘ keep your head up high. ’
‘ we’ve been up all night. ’
‘ i built that road and walked it every mile. ’
‘ it’s been a while. ’
‘ taking orders has never been my style. ’
‘ ain’t nothing in this world that i can’t get. ’
‘ legends never die. ’
‘ i never lost a fight. well, once or twice. ’
‘ let’s go. i got nerves of steel. ’
‘ another blow ain’t gonna stop me. ’
‘ you got nothing if you ain’t got pride. ’
‘ we’ve got one chance. ’
‘ i remember it all very well, looking back. it was the summer i turned eighteen. ’
‘ we didn’t have money for food or rent. ’
‘ mama spent every last penny we had to buy me a dancing dress. ’
‘ it has a slit in the side clean up to my hips. it’s red velvet trim, and it fits me good. ’
‘ staring back from the looking glass, there, stood a woman where a half-grown kid had stood. ’
‘ here’s your one chance. don’t let me down. ’
‘ your pa’s run off, and i’m real sick, and the baby’s gonna starve to death. ’
‘ i shivered as i watched a roach crawl across the toe of my high-heeled shoe. ’
‘ it sounded like somebody else that was talking, asking, “mama, what do i do?” ‘
‘ what do i do? ’
‘ just be nice to the gentlemen, ____, they’ll be nice to you. ’
‘ forgive me for what i do. ’
‘ if you want out, well, it’s up to you. ’
‘ that was the last time i saw my ma. ’
‘ the wheels of fate had started to turn, and for me, there was no way out. ’
‘ i knew what i had to do. ’
‘ i couldn’t see spending the rest of my life with my head held down in shame. ’
‘ i was born just plain white trash. ’
‘ a benevolent man took me in off the street. one week later, i was pouring his tea in a five-room hotel suite. ’
‘ i charmed a king, a congressman, and the occasional aristocrat. ’
‘ i ain’t done bad. ’
‘ there’s a lot of self-righteous hypocrites that call me bad. ’
‘ i can still hear the desperation in my poor mama’s voice ringing in my ears. ’