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howl

there's a scandal brewin' and the cat's out the bag
and that flash undertaker's on a cryin' jag
he was last seen at the tailor stuffin' garments in a bag
but there are some things you can't fix, not even with a flag
i say howl, goddamit howl

the bed bugs are bitin' and the rats are crazed
i seen polly wolly doodle walkin' round in a daze
with a magnifying glass blindly aimin' the rays
but the weatherman said it's been rainin' for days
i say howl, goddamit howl, goddamit howl

i been havin' jabberwocky dreams
where everything wrong still feels like it seems
and i can’t see the casket
but i can hear the screams of the trowel
i can fool all for some and fool some for all
but all the king's horses can't return me to the wall
now all i can do is lie in the hall and howl
goddamit howl, goddamit howl

the banisters end before they reach the ground
and i know that ol' scatman is lurkin around
he's probably clamorin' for the cook to throw some railroad down
he cuts a hole in the bread to keep the eggs around
i say howl, goddamit howl

well, the sins of this past are long and forgotten now
the undertaker went to cleveland, he's a tailor now
and polly wolly doodle laid ol' scatman down
and forecasted his weather 'til his rain came down
i say howl, goddamit howl, goddamit howl

i been havin' jabberwocky dreams ...

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from Live at Mission St. BBQ, released November 30, 2019

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The Westside Sheiks California

Taking as their spiritual forefolk the sounds of Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell, The Mississippi Sheiks, and the quixotic melodics of The Old Weird America, The Westside Sheiks combine piano and national resophonic to create a cantankerously swinging sound that can bounce from the playfully percolating to the melodically maudlin, and from the raw and raggy to the gleefully grinding. ... more

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