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Jack You're Dead

from Flutney Junction by John Egenes

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When you got no more assurance than a great big hunk of lead
If you don't respond to romance, Jack you're dead
When a chick is smilin' at you, even though there's nothin' said
If you stand there like a statue, Jack you're dead

You been always kickin' ‘cause you stubbed your toes
When you ups and kicks the bucket, just like ole man, Mose

When you get no kicks from lovin', and you blow your top instead
It's a fact that you ain't livin', Jack you're dead

When you just ain't got nobody since you gone and lost your head
Rigor mortise has gotcha man, Jack you're dead
What's the use of havin' muscles when your life hangs by a thread
If you ain't got no red corpuscles, Jack you're dead

If you can’t get rhythm when the band comes on
If you ain’t got no rhythm, man, you’re really gone

Now you can’t go any further, when the news begins to spread
All the cats will holler, “Murder!”, Jack you’re dead

When all the breath leaks out of ya
and your friends all gather ‘round your bed
and they say, “Man, don’t he look fine!”
“He looks so natural!”
And when that happens to you brother
Jack you’re dead

credits

from Flutney Junction, released August 13, 2023
Drums…………………………..Steve Hudson
Bass……………………………John Dodd
Fiddle, Violin section……...……Anna Bowen
B-bender guitar, mandolin……...John Egenes
Piano…………………………….Gunther Flutney

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