Tombstone Blues-Tim O'Brien

[ti:Tombstone Blues] [ar:Tim O'Brien] [al:Red On Blonde] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.52]Tombstone Blues - Tim O'Brien [00:01.78] [00:15.43]The sweet pretty things are in bed now of course [00:17.99] [00:18.63]The city fathers they're trying to endorse [00:20.86] [00:21.52]The reincarnation of paul revere's horse [00:24.43]But the town has no need to be nervous [00:26.43] [00:29.48]The ghost of belle starr she hands down her wits [00:31.99] [00:32.56]To jezebel the nun she violently knits [00:35.07] [00:35.67]A bald wig for jack the ripper who sits [00:38.63]At the head of the chamber of commerce [00:40.75] [00:42.28]Mama's in the fact'ry [00:43.38]She ain't got no shoes [00:44.55] [00:45.43]Daddy's in the alley [00:46.15] [00:46.77]He's lookin' for the fuse [00:47.58] [00:48.55]I'm in the streets [00:49.77]With the tombstone blues [00:50.86] [01:06.26]The hysterical bride in the penny arcade [01:08.72] [01:09.52]Screaming she moans i've just been made [01:12.31]Then sends out for the doctor who pulls down the shade [01:15.52]Says my advice is to not let the boys in [01:17.76] [01:20.13]Now the medicine man comes and he shuffles inside [01:22.70] [01:23.45]He walks with a swagger and he says to the bride [01:26.00] [01:26.76]Stop all this weeping swallow your pride [01:29.14] [01:29.85]You will not die it's not poison [01:31.76] [01:33.14]Mama's in the fact'ry [01:34.15]She ain't got no shoes [01:35.35] [01:36.23]Daddy's in the alley [01:37.01] [01:37.58]He's lookin' for the fuse [01:38.46] [01:39.22]I'm in the streets [01:40.38]With the tombstone blues [01:41.47] [01:57.01]The geometry of innocence flesh on the bone [01:59.59] [02:00.41]Causes galileo's math book to get thrown [02:03.23]At delilah who sits worthlessly alone [02:06.09] [02:06.83]Tears on her cheeks are from laughter [02:08.73] [02:11.38]I wish i could give brother bill his great thrill [02:14.26]I would set him in chains at the top of the hill [02:16.91] [02:17.67]Then send out for some pillars and cecil b demille [02:19.96] [02:20.76]He could die happily ever after [02:22.42] [02:24.12]Mama's in the fact'ry [02:25.11]She ain't got no shoes [02:26.19] [02:27.20]Daddy's in the alley [02:27.96] [02:28.70]He's lookin' for the fuse [02:29.42] [02:30.28]I'm in the streets [02:31.61]With the tombstone blues [02:32.62] [02:48.04]Where ma raney and beethoven once unwrapped their bed roll [02:51.30]Tuba players now rehearse around the flagpole [02:53.66] [02:54.41]And the national bank at a profit sells road maps for the soul [02:57.44]To the old folks home and the college [02:59.75] [03:02.41]I wish i could write you a melody so plain [03:04.83] [03:05.39]That could hold you dear lady from going insane [03:07.74] [03:08.55]That could ease you and cool you and cease the pain [03:10.90] [03:11.70]Of your useless and pointless knowledge [03:13.56] [03:15.14]Mama's in the fact'ry [03:16.04]She ain't got no shoes [03:17.19] [03:18.23]Daddy's in the alley [03:19.01] [03:19.68]He's lookin' for the fuse [03:20.35] [03:21.39]I'm in the streets [03:22.43]With the tombstone blues