On the Necessary Traits of the Industrious
from Telegrams Elapsing by Boxcar Aldous Huxley
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lyrics
She will come hollering to stop the rot,
and wish you what McKinley got—
Oh, we will cower and cringe!
A hatchet held a high, a sinner in her sights;
don’t take a drink in this town,
lest Carrie Nation cut you down!
When all your taverns, taprooms and saloons
lie splintered in the Kansas dust,
I will have done as much as I could do,
and gone as far as I must.
Your liquor-stained lips will never touch mine,
while stills still spill across the state;
though I expect no gratitude
for salvation from a drunkard’s fate.
From a Vaudeville stage, I will hawk my reputation,
spinning out a thousand tales of bar-room hatchetations.
How I had my way and tore that building down!
But gone are the days when men would say,
“don’t take a drink in this town, lest Carrie Nation cut you down.”
and wish you what McKinley got—
Oh, we will cower and cringe!
A hatchet held a high, a sinner in her sights;
don’t take a drink in this town,
lest Carrie Nation cut you down!
When all your taverns, taprooms and saloons
lie splintered in the Kansas dust,
I will have done as much as I could do,
and gone as far as I must.
Your liquor-stained lips will never touch mine,
while stills still spill across the state;
though I expect no gratitude
for salvation from a drunkard’s fate.
From a Vaudeville stage, I will hawk my reputation,
spinning out a thousand tales of bar-room hatchetations.
How I had my way and tore that building down!
But gone are the days when men would say,
“don’t take a drink in this town, lest Carrie Nation cut you down.”
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from Telegrams Elapsing,
released January 6, 2015
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Boxcar Aldous Huxley Bristol, UK
This is music rooted in the past, but not a past that ever actually happened. One might hear Balkan melody, Old-time banjo and Brass Band pomp wrapped up in Tin Pan Alley melodrama. These are songs that speak of such esoteric topics as abandoned funeral trains, Messianic visions in the Canadian wilderness, and ill-fated amateur space exploration. ... more
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Jan 2015 -
Mar 2012 -
Aug 2011
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