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Dead Man's Hat
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Its a pug's waltz on a gossip holiday
A knock out took a dive from a nickel .38
Headlines blare like neon on every spare corner
All hands taking bets on chances at the border
Once blood hits the walls, there ain't no turning back
Stumble from the shadows in a dead man's hat
Hole up in a Hot L flashing on the dark side
Fumble with the bottle buts its clean out of alibis
See your baby waltzing to a cemetery band
Pull her hard and close now, feel her turn to sand
Its all a Harlem Sunset as the dirty bird kicks in
Sweat on through the sheets as the room begins to spin
Drag on a coffin nail, keep the story straight
Anyway you cut it, you're wanted DOA
Chase a Mickey Finn with a Judas Kiss
And tomorrow's catching flies in a shallow six
Sirens close on in, wailing like a bitch in heat
Tear away the blinds, see the manholes stream
Hit the pavement hard where the streets end dead
Pull that hammer back and paint the damn town red
© 2013 Kevin Orton (BMI). All rights reserved.
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Chased the dragon to her knees
With a Jezebel flapper and a whiskey priest
Left her picture in the Gideon's drawer
And woke up dreaming at Hell's back door
From Bummer's Hall to the Bridge of Sighs
There's one way out of this carny ride
The dice are loaded and carved from bones
You're never out a style in a wooden coat
The undertaker flashed a wicked grin
And God couldn't help the state I was in
Called my bluff and ordered a round
And laid his calling card on down
Seven sins and bunk yen dreams
All God's children got broken wings
Ask for a break but pick out the bone
One more dead soldier and you're good to go
Talulla's throwing a daisy chain
No holes barred till judgement day
Its all dog gospel when you're blowing taps
Don't throw stones in a strangers past
Chased the dragon to her knees
With a Jezebel flapper and a whiskey priest
Left her picture in the Gideon's drawer
And woke up dreaming at Hell's back door
[Words & Music Kevin Orton. © 2013 Kevin Orton (BMI). All rights reserved.]
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When your wings are broken and its all gone dark
And its raining curtains in all the bars
And every alley's a blind dead end
And dreaming's nothing but spit in the wind
Don't waste your breath on the fireworks
They don't hold a match
To carrying a torch
Don't hand me none of that song & dance
What starts with a bourbon ends up like romance
No, I don't get hurt, no not anymore
Just maybe a touch more cynical
To hell and blazes with your fireworks
They don't hold a match
To carrying a torch
Don't wast your breath on the fireworks
They don't hold a match
To carrying a torch
So ring around the sapphire vine
My hand in yours and yours in mind
Half past last call, finish that shot
And leave me to water my Love-Me-Nots
To hell and blazes with your fireworks
They don't hold a match
To carrying a torch
Don't wast your breath on the fireworks
They don't hold a match
To carrying a torch
Don't hold a match
Don't hold a match
Don't hold a match
Don't hold a match
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[coda]: Mansfield, Ohio
Carousel's firewood
Church is boarded up
Main streets full of ghosts
Down on their luck
What happened to the girl
I used to know
Look the other way
And where did she go
Just like this town
To catch its death
Out in the rain
Past all regret
Just like a girl
I used to know
In a town called
Mansfield, Ohio
Just like a girl
I used to know
In a town called
Mansfield, Ohio
[Words & Music by Kevin Orton. © 2013 Kevin Orton. All rights reserved.]
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The Maledictions' sound has been called "Gothic Americana", "Country Noir" and "Nick Cave meets Johhny Cash". "It's all just Folk Music," says band leader, Kevin Orton, "Maybe aggressive Folk but Folk music...I tend to write songs about people who are uninsured". After a solo album, FEMME NOIR (featuring Gordon Gano), Orton formed The Maledictions. Full discography here from albums to singles. ... more
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