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Cattle and the Creeping Things - The Hold Steady



     
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They got to the part with the cattle and the creeping things, said I'm pretty sure we've heard this one before
Don't it all end up in some revelation with four guys on horses and violent red visions
Famine and death and pestilence and war?
I'm pretty sure I heard this one beforeYou in the corner with a good looking drifter, two cups of coffee and ten packs of sugar
I heard Gideon saw you in Denver, he said you're contagious
Silly rabbit, tripping is for teenagers, murder is for murderers and hard drugs are for bartenders
I think I might have mentioned that beforeHe's got the pages in his pockets that he ripped out of the Bible from his bed stand in the motel
He likes the part where the traders get chased out from the templeI guess I heard about original sin, I heard the dude blamed the chick, I heard the chick blamed the snake
I heard they were naked when they got busted and I heard things ain't been the same since
You on the streets with a tendency to preach to the choir, wired for sound and down with whatever
I heard Gideon did you in DenverShe's got a cross around her neck that she ripped off from a schoolgirl in the subway on a visit to the city
She likes how it looks on her chest with three open buttons
She likes the part where one brother kills the other, she has to wonder if the world ever will recover
'Cause Cain and Abel seem to still be causing troubleShe said I was seeing double for three straight days after I got born again
It felt strange but it was nice and peaceful and it really pleased me to be around so many people
Of course, half of them were visions, half of them were friends from going through the program with me
Later on we did some sexy things, took a couple photographs and carved them into wood reliefsBut that's enough about me
Come on, tell me how you got down here into Ybor CityHe said I got to the part about the exodus

And up to then I only knew it was a movement of the people
But if small town cops are like swarms of flies and blackened foil is like boils and hail
I'm pretty sure I've been through this beforeIt seemed like a simple place to score
And it seemed like a simple place to score
It seemed like a simple place to score and then some old lady came to the door
And said McKenzie Phillips doesn't live here anymore

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The Hold Steady is a Brooklyn-based rock band formed by vocalist/guitarist Craig Finn (ex-Lifter Puller) in 2004. Wanting to capture the sound of bands such as The Replacements and The Grifters, he recruited guitarist Tad Kubler (also ex-Lifter Puller), drummer Judd Counsell, and bassist Galen Polivka. In 2005 the band grew to include Franz Nicolay (of The World/Inferno Friendship Society) on keyboards and Bobby Drake took over on drums following Counsell's departure.

Recording mostly live, the band released its debut, Almost Killed Me, on French Kiss Records in March 2004 and Separation Sunday a year later. In April 2006 the band signed to Vagrant Records and entered the studio on the 1st of May to begin work on their third record, Boys And Girls In America. Released in October, it was one of the most critically acclaimed records of 2006 and reached a much larger audience than its predecessors.

The band released their fourth album, Stay Positive, recorded again with Boys And Girls In America producer John Agnello. Nicolay left the group and on May 4, 2010 the band released their fifth studio album, Heaven Is Whenever, recorded with producer Dean Baltulonis.


On July 15, 2008, Stay Positive was released. It debuted at #30 on the Billboard 200. It debuted on the UK Album Chart at #15 on July 20, the third-highest new entry. It ranked #1 on the UK Indie Chart. The album was named the best of 2008 by Entertainment Weekly. The song "Constructive Summer" was number 56 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008.

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