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Dead Man's Hat

from TORCH SONGS by THE MALEDICTIONS

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Words and Music by Kevin Orton © 2013 Kevin Orton (BMI) All rights reserved.

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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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from TORCH SONGS, track released March 7, 2013
Kevin Orton- vocals, electric guitar

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The Maledictions New York, New York

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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