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Sometimes the Line Walks You - Murder by Death



     
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I've taken a hit or two, I've given quite a few
I swing my fists and the cities all fall
I've broken a law or two, I reckon I only missed a few
I watch these long days pass through the bars, I curse the brass
I've had a cracked rib or two, I guess I've busted more
I've laid a couple out on the coolin' boardSometimes you walk the line, sometimes it walks you
You get quick to anger, quick to put a knife
Up to another man's throat
I cannot still the hell that's in these handsWhen they came to take me
I didn't try to fight, just let them win
A man died in my cell
Damn the guards sure gave me hell
I'd love to see them horsemen ride
So law and order stand asideOh, this woman and gin, woman and gin
Go together like the devil and sin
Her legs are like wheat, her lips are like wine
Gonna meet her at the end of the county lineJailbreak, jailbreak
Tonight bring on the floodlightsBoys, yeah, fetch the shovel

Boys, yeah, post the lookout
Coppers, you'll never catch us, that's right
Ladies, we're coming home tonight'Cause in a few more yards we'll reach the line
And meet up with a friend of mine
The dogs are comin', swift and mean
But I'm hungrier than they have ever beenJailbreak, jailbreak
Tonight bring on the floodlights

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Indiana's Murder by Death (formerly known as Little Joe Gould) layers the vocal sounds of an old saloon with the haunting strings of a Hungarian folk dance and the hard driving rhythms of pure rock 'n' roll, producing what Stuff magazine has called "lush, orchestrated songs," somehow simultaneously reminiscent of Johnny Cash and Radiohead. Added to that thick and intriguing sound are a series of dark and ironic lyrics, combining the mood and tone of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds with the narrative force of The Decemberists or a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Read more about Murder by Death on Last.fm.


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