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Alec Ounsworth - Mo Beauty Bones In The Grave

Contributors

  • ISRC:USEP40924002
  • Recorded:2009 Piety Street Studio
  •  ©2009 Anti Inc.
  • Baritone Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar:Matt Sutton
  • Drums:Stanton Moore
  • Bass Guitar:George Porter Jr.
  • Organ:Robert Walter
  • Vocals, Acoustic Guitar:Alec Ounsworth

Lyrics

Bald head and John’s convict tattoos,
Eyes trading eyes for eyes,
Reticent medicine boy weeps the bleed me blues,
But the nurse has yet to arrive
So I killed Johnny’s pregnant shadow,
While he was fast asleep,
The doctor says don’t let him go,
He wants me six feet deep,

Got to get them bones
In the grave
Get them bones
In the grave
Get them bones

Frustrated boy, he shits his boots
And the paint dries in a way,
The doctor cries, the nurse does swoon,
While I dance his pain away
So I killed Johnny’s pregnant shadow,
Gave him his deep reward,
The doctor says don’t let him go,
He wants me under the floor

Got to get them bones
In the grave
Get them bones
In the grave
Get them bones