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O Bury Me Sweet Ghost

from Bury Me Sweet Ghost by The Maledictions

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Copyright 2017 Kevin Orton (BMI) All rights reserved.

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Stumbled through the barbed wire groves
Left them jailhouse strings behind
Seen all my yesterdays turn to stone
Under sepia clouds and rhyme

A spoon in the thistle won't dig you out
When you've fallen six feet down
Now what's done is done
Just open your eyes
O bury me sweet ghost of mine

Nothing cuts like the Queen of Hearts
Running off with the Suicide King
But you can't cheat the Fiddler
Once the drinking starts
Lord, the trouble I've seen

Carved my name in the Heaven Tree
Raising hell for the company
Now what's done is done
Just open your eyes
O bury me sweet ghost of mine

Strangle a prayer and make it kneel
But you're only as good as what you steal

I'm so far from that wisteria breeze
And living off a gooseberry lay
But to see you standing in the memory
Keeps these boots from turning into clay

Hold on to nothing as long as you can
And maybe someday you'll understand
What's done is done
Just open your eyes
O bury me sweet ghost of mine

Bury me sweet ghost of mine
Bury me sweet ghost of mine

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from Bury Me Sweet Ghost, released February 7, 2017
Music and Lyrics by Kevin Orton. Copyright 2017 (BMI) All Rights Reserved
Kevin Orton- vocals, guitar
Andre Fratto- electric guitar, organ

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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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