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The first song on The Town Monster's debut EP. Contains one verse of lyrics from Leadbelly's blues classic "In the Pines". It's not a cover! Just paying homage to rock and roll, its roots, and its future.
lyrics
"My girl, my girl, don't you lie to me.
Tell me, where did you sleep last night?
In the pines, in the pines,
Where the sun don't ever shine,
I will shiver the whole night through."
-Leadbelly
...Well I woke up to the sound of an elevator going down and the racket of a satellite bird.
Two shots of gunpowder in my head and a belly full of lead, I will sing the same blues to you, going oh, oh, oh.
If the sun don't shine, I don't mind, no.
I was born of the shadows, I was born of the pines.
What you gonna do, what you gonna do, baby,
when I ain't around?
What you gonna do, what you gonna do, baby baby,
what you gonna do?
I can hear the sound, my enemies are all around
and they're coming for you.
I said, what you gonna do, what you gonna do, baby baby, what you gonna do?
Under colored lights, curled up in my frostbite.
Tell me, where did you sleep last night?
I went to bed to the sound of the sky falling down,
thirteen sirens and a crackhead singing the blues.
It kept me up the first few nights, but before a little while, between the sobs it started to sound like Hallelujah, going oh, oh, oh.
If the sun don't shine, I don't mind, no.
I was born of the shadows, I was born of the pines.
credits
from
Holy Mammoth EP,
released January 1, 2009
Nathan Photos - Keys, Vocals, Banjo, Cello
Mike Rana - Bass, Vocals
Matt Grady - Drums
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