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Country (After the Flood)

from Every Bug Wants To Live by Matt Oleksa

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And anyway, I don’t care
Box 'em up, send 'em over there
Black smoke to keep away the frost
Nowhere to go, nowhere to get lost
Out of sight, out of mind—the country

Purple perfume on the wind
She around but she ain’t in
The devil won but he got bored
Turned in his horn for a four-door Ford
Gone to Utah upon visitation from a cow chewin’ fresh carnation

I caught ya sippin’ vodka on the balcony
Tossin’ tomatoes anonymously
I’ll forgive you if you waltz with me
Get back inside and waltz

Babushka’s out back in the tin trashcan
And she's feelin’ for bugs with her good hand
“Escargot tastes like lead”
“No, it don’t, it’s in your head”
In her head, it’s all in her head

President Elect of the junkyard union
Choked on the fifth prior to communion
Died on James who spilled on Ted
Who punched James who spat on Ed, said
“Positive Actuarial Event!”

I caught ya sippin’ vodka on the balcony
Tossin’ tomatoes anonymously
I’ll forgive you if you waltz with me
Get back inside and waltz

The news enough to nearly fall
Like Picasso through the wall
Cold, crimson moon burns above
A pail of milk, a splash of blood
A horse eye blazin’ in the mud

And anyway, I don’t care
Box 'em up, send 'em over there
She gone, she gone, she gone with him
She gone, she gone, she gone with him
She gone to Utah

I caught ya sippin’ vodka on the balcony
Tossin’ tomatoes anonymously
I’ll forgive you if you waltz with me
Get back inside and waltz

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from Every Bug Wants To Live, released June 18, 2015
Matt Oleksa: vocals, guitars, percussion, harmonica

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