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After the Inferno

by The Bad Things

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1.
One day she bought the old Morgan County Jail And she filled all the cells up with junk She done walled out her kinfolk and the ghosts of the past And the cells gathered cobwebs that held her fast And I remember Emily down at the carnival Just smiling and riding the Cyclone all day And she wasn’t thinking about hiding in those long gone days Not until next year when the bad things passed her way Chorus: And every other year we try to remember Young Emily Rose We used to stand in the field and look down on that jailhouse And she’d hold my hand and tell me of her dreams Of turning those concrete walls into a lovely mansion with art in its halls And I’d look in her eyes and I see what she’d mean Then the light in her eyes slowly started fading And she mumble to herself and shake and scream and cry And I’d wanna kill myself when I’d hear that pretty mouth complaining About how no one in this town cared if she lived or died And nowadays no one ever sees poor Emily And now a days no one ever sees her much The schoolkids hide in the tall grass outside the Morgan County Jail And just listen for her howls in the night Chorus: And every other year we try to remember Young Emily Rose ‘cause we just want to forget the old
2.
Lincoln 03:02
Wish I'd never come back to Lincoln 'Cause every time I do they drive me out And I guess I never did too much thinkin' In those long gone days I try not to think about We'd hit these towns like tornados Just drinkin', stealin' and fightin' everywhere But then some dumb fuck down in Loredo Just ended up dying at the bottom of the stairs Chorus: And girl, where have you gone? I've been running all night just trying to catch your scent But every time I think I'm catching up You up and split the scene girl And so I hop another train without a dollar or a goddamn cent
3.
You were wearing black face from the coal mine A blue collar minstrel, just waiting for your moment to shine Just like fool's gold found in 1849 And you were wearing white face from the flour mill A good-natured girl just waiting, until a foolish boy swept you off of your feet And out of this town Chorus: Let's run away, together you and I We'll head out West, where the limit is the sky And I'll be the Clyde to your Bonnie If you're the Bonnie to my Clyde Let's run away, together You and I You wore a black suit from the men's store Three weeks wages, well it was even more dear than that But you sure looked fine In your fine finery And you wore a white dress your mother had sown She gave you her blessing if you promised to write home And she gave you a bible And an ivory handled comb Chorus
4.
Love, it'll knock you to the ground And kick you all around And it's love, and it's a crazy feeling Love, it'll take all of your cash And leave you with a rash I can't get enough of love Love, it'll knock you to the floor Just wishing you had some more And it's love, and it's a crazy feeling Love, it'll take everything you own And leave you all alone And, I don't want to fall in love Chorus: But you can melt it on a spoon And shoot it right into your vein And all the pain goes away But then it blows right into your heart And it makes you out of your cranium Love, it'll knock you to the ground And kick you all around And it's love, and it's a crazy feeling Love, it'll take all of your cash And leave you with a bitter rash And I can't get enough of love Love, it'll rip out your heart And tear it all apart And that's love and I can't kick the habit of love I can't kick the habit of love I can't kick the habit of love Chorus It's love, I can't get enough of love I can't get enough of love I can't get enough of love I can't get enough of love I can't get enough of love
5.
Green Grass 06:01
You know those musette strains Keep calling me home To my dirty old town It's all grey and brown Yeah, I ran away From her soft little world I ran from her grandma's pearls And I ran from her strawberry curls Chorus: I'm searching for that green grass I'm still searching for that green grass At the end of the ridge On the other side of the bridge You know that corner crooner He's singing our song It's the 'Summer Wind' And it blows more emptiness in But we had our fun dear And I'm so glad you're not here To see just how far I've let myself go Chorus She was my honey tongued angel She was my devil in disguise In her council flat And always with that fucking clam shell hat On the wrong side of town On the dark side of the tracks We were laying right down All naked, flat on our backs Chorus You know she left on a morning It looked just like this And I'm not the type To morosely reminisce But it was so long ago And lord I just don't know But on days like these I feel her breath right here on my neck Chorus
6.
Hey! Hey! I look in the mirror and I see you On the morning we just can't forget You're falling out of bed all disheveled As you reach for your first cigarette You remind me of long lost visions You remind me of terrible times You remind me of lost supervision Of endless nights and hopeless crimes Chorus: Lay day dee, Lay day day day day Lay day dee, Lay day day day day Lay day day day, Lay day day day day Day, day, day, day. Lay day, day, day, day But we're too wide eyed and wasted And we're just trying to get by What's another ode to our love dear When we know it's just a terrible lie And of all the bars in this town You just had to crawl into mine So take another drag of your Winston And help me drink away time Hey, Hey A grifter's life is a lone one False promises and shattered dreams You know, there's too many tall tales of romance You know there's too many bags full of schemes Yeah, and people like us stick together People like us never part We're just trying hard to fill in them spaces of the cracks where there used to be heart Chorus And you never do pass judgement And I'd laugh at you if you tried You don't even question my motives And you don't mess with my slow suicide And of all the gutters in this town You just had to fall into mine Well, let's lay here and look at the stars dear 'Til tomorrow, or 'til the end of time.
7.
Maria, careless Maria My heart's a prisoner in your hand Maria, careless Maria You never let me know, where I stand You tell me I'm the one, then say that it's all done You throw me to the dogs of my darkest fears Maria, can't you see This tug-of-war will kill me Then who'll be left To promise you the world Chorus: You run your fingers, gently through my hair Then you pretend that I'm not there When I get down on my knees and pledge my love You just throw back your head and you laugh at me I said your eyes cut like little knives Made from pure black pearl Maria, careless Maria My heart's a prisoner in your hand Maria, careless Maria You never let me know, where I stand You turn me out and then Reel me in again You make me dizzy With your ever-changing moods You say "hold on" So I hold on I've been holding so long I just can't recal Chorus Your eyes cut like little knives Made from pure black pearl I said your eyes cut like little knives Made from pure black pearl So open up hand Open up your heart And let mine go!
8.
Not Tonight 03:51
Well I know I've walked this road before I've seen the cans and the garbage and the possums Not long ago, not long ago But it doesn't really matter where I'm at Just as long as I'm at where you're not at For sure and that's for sure But I can't change who I am tonight And all those things you said, Well, honey, that ain't alright And I don't wanna go to another cocktail lounge And listen to the hens all cluck around Anymore, not no more And I don't wanna watch another TV show About rich women and their useless woes They're all whores, they're attention whores But I can't change who you are tonight And, honey, even if I could Well, honey, that ain't alright But I'm not trying to say I don't love you girl To tell the truth, you're my whole wide world You're my whole wide world, you're my only girl It's just that times like this, we hit a wall And I don't wanna talk about that hole in the hall Anymore, not no more I guess i wanna change something tonight But I'm too drunk and mad to get it right So I give into my caveman again And I sneak into the guest bed, after ten.
9.
It was a summer fiesta On a night drunk with stars Dancing and drinking in run down cantinas And dead-end bars Plugging the jukebox for hour after hour Screaming the chorus and attempting A barracho two-step Dust roads and garbage I got feral cat blues Long nights, tequila And scratching at worn-out tattoos These are the marks that we gave to ourselves To remind us, they're our road map Right back to Jalisco Chorus Tuba percolations blast into the night And accordions push out the tune These are the sounds, of Jalisco in June And these our your streets And you'll be seeing them soon.
10.
Well my lover she has kisses of brine To me it tastes just like wine On land there's a rope, awaiting my throat And a box that's made out of pine We were murderers, pirates and thieves We did things that you wouldn't believe Under the stars, with shirts made of scars And no mothers or lovers to grieve And the wind it whistles and raves Yes the water will soon be our grave But the hull was split was split wide As the Inferno died And slipped between the waves And I'm sailing on an ocean of blood And my canteen is all filled with mud And I'm chained to the hull And I'm out of my skull And I'm waiting for the bilges to flood And the jailer will never catch me 'Cause the ocean, she's cut me free Well we're all quite at home With our piano of bone Waltzing beneath the sea Chorus: Oh boys, here's one for the ladies back home Tell them we'll no longer roam And yes boys, let's take our poor souls down below And at least we won't do it alone

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Recorded in fall and winter of 2012 and 2013.

Engineered by Mell Dettmer at Studio Soli (Seattle, Washington). Mixed by Mell Dettmer, Justin Hills and Brendan Hogan. Mastered by Levi Seitz at Black Belt Mastering (Seattle, Washington).

Produced by The Bad Things

© 2014 Silent City Records

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released September 16, 2014

Jimmy Berg - Lead Vocals, Accordion
Gregg Miles Panto - Electric Guitar, Banjo, Backup Vocals
Mason Beau Hebert - Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin
Brendan Patrick Hogan - Trumpet, Keys
Austin Quist - Upright Bass, Sousaphone, Backup Vocals
Steve Kamke - Drums

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In 2002. The Bad Things were formed out of the ashes of A Midnite Choir, a cult favorite in the, then burgeoning, Seattle cabaret scene. The Bad Things quickly gained a reputation for “drunken debauchery” and “feverish dancing” at their live shows, and their theatrical aesthetic sealed their reputation as Seattle’s premier “Junkyard Cabaret” band. ... more

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