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So Many Funerals

by Maynard and the Musties

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Pine Box 02:41
just sittin' in my pine box watching everyone walk by sittin' in my pine box watchin' everyone walk by there's a widow and a preacher saying I'm at Jesus' side Somedays you live other days you die somedays you laugh, other days you cry just sittin' in my pine box watchin' everyone walk by
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Well I know this bro named Cowboy Mo he lived down on the street below seems he got a hold of my whole heart through he's ugly as sin and beneath his grin he's dartin' his eyes and lickin' his chin & he know's I'll be comin' by again Now I fell in love with him & we live outside this church that lets us in we kiss before the priests of St Bartholomew & I never felt excitement til my ass touched that church pew we kiss in line for soup sometimes huddle under the blanket sipping' wine Mo holds out his arm and bums a dime I'm never going home again Mo and the street are my best friends Hope momma knows I'm coin' fine cuz I fell in love with him in that soup line & hold his hand while he spare-changes dimes I'm his and for what it's worth he's mine & Saint Bartholomew is our idea of a swinging time
3.
Elvis Museum 04:59
on a road going down to the outskirts of town there's a lady with an elvis museum billboard towers over her airstream trailer & she's sittin' in her yard, behind a card table hey lady, can i see what you got take a checklist son, there's quite a lot she's learned devotion to the king now i know true worship can be most anything sun records signed and framed on the wall between a sink full of dishes and a toilet stall rhinestone sunglasses in a plexiglass box a grocery list sittin' on the king's sweat cloth hey lady, I like what I saw thanks for the checklist and that psychic guffaw devotion like yours is rarely seen now I know true worship can be most anything up her in new york city down in the nitty-gritty alley behind the broadway theatre lived a cult of homeless people who lived to catch a glimpse of the stars while they're eating their meals autograph collections in their cardboard beds the flies and the famous buzzing around their heads they've learned devotion to the seen now i know true worship can be most anything
4.
bessie oh bessie you're the one for me ever since i seen you pissin' on that smashed up TV there'll come a day we'll never part they can dump a million buckets of cold water on us & we'll stay stuck in the park followed you around the corner sniffed the puddles you left behind you were pet by many strangers made the world seem almost kind bessie oh bessie, it's plain to see your searching for a home has lead you to the likes of me so let's chew this wing-tipped shoe even chase a cat or two just the smell of your flea powder makes my heart pump a little harder bessie oh bessie, you're the bitch i love ever since your masters turned to alcohol and drugs now you're gone and sadness fills me solitude is bound to kill me my lonely walks around the street only solidifies my grief bessie oh bessie, you were my one true love 'til the ASPCA pumped you with lethal drugs
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you think I'm crazy while you watch the world go by so said you fell for a glint in my eye well I'm here to tell you you don't have to worry cuz I'll be OK for the rest of my life Your good intentions...
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My love was walking in the sun Beyond a golden meadow. She led me where the ripples run I thought the water shallow Reflecting only summer sky So light the chains that bound me, So like a god on earth was I Before my darling drowned me...
7.
Dear Addict 04:13
Fall asleep, dear addict fall asleep dear addict and one of these times you'll wake up for the last time walking on a street of gold I remember when we met in your bed was so lovely, I went straight to your head and we said hello to Jesus and followed on a street of gold No lover can give more than me no mother forgives quite like me no father can give you the promised land not even these sweet, sweet dreams.
8.
Redneck Girl 03:16
I don't remember... for some reason we don't play this any more & the lyrics have vanished... but you can listen... white t-shirt & a smooth tan do something inside this city man...
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There's a minor chord I love to strum but I can never reach those strings seems I'm out of luck or lack the touch to keep your heart with me Everyday I think of you with lovin' on my mind but every night I feel you leaving my love behind Your heart's out a walkin' even while we're talkin' your eyes are gazing somewhere out of time wish I could reach the note that touches you where it means the most but your heart's no longer mine Darling I've been thinking I'm just draggin' you down you're up there floating in a cloud & I'm stuck here on the ground don't wanna be no ball & chain, I'm just a little too proud so think of me from time to time & look me up when you come down
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Great Life 02:49
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[From the cd packaging]: Players on this album: Joe Maynard lead vocals, acoustic guitar; Naa Koshie Mills, violin; Mo Botton, lead guitar; Dennis Shealy, bass; Jim Thomas, drums. Ryan Adams plays piano and lapsteel on "Elvis Museum." All songs written by Joe Maynard and arranged by Maynard and the Musties, except "Shallow Water Warning," lyrics by Helen Adam and put to tune by Joe Maynard. Engineered and produced on the fly by Chris Abell at Dubway Studios, NYC. Ryan Adams was the uber producer and decider on "Rocky & Bessie" (thanks fer makin' us feel like stars, Ryan!). It was so fun making this record... shucks... Thanks Chris and the folks at Dubway... thanks Russ [Titelman] for turning us on to Dubway. Thanks everybody in the world (but only if you like this record). Above all, thanks to one big, lovable galoot no longer in this world... you know who you are... miss you buddy.

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released June 17, 2009

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