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Sucker's Progress

from Bury Me Sweet Ghost by The Maledictions

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Copyright 2017 Kevin Orton (BMI) All rights reserved.

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Dancing the dervish neath a blood stained moon
With a belly full of wrack and a bottle full of ruin
Can't row yourself to heaven with a silver spoon
Swipe some mother's prayer and give the devil his due

You're either on the river or in the hat
Once you sink so low, there's no crawling back
Every game is rigged in between the cracks
Lay your money down, hear the shadows laugh

Cat house Jenny with the far off eyes
Took a lethal dose of that Suicide Rye
Sing about an alley called, Paradise
Another Penny Dreadful for tomorrow's headlines

Lay your winnings down in a field of stone
Whisper her name as the dead willows blow
Hear the Piper whistling through a hollow bone
Out this far, there's only one train home

Dancing the dervish neath a blood stained moon
With a belly full of wrack and a bottle full of ruin
Can't row yourself to heaven with a silver spoon
Swipe some mother's prayer and give the devil his due

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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- percussion, didgeridoo

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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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