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Standing Behind

from House Of Candles by Mink's Miracle Medicine

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My grandfather worked
At the capital building
He knew all the secret trap doors

He loved all his daughters
And let them ride ponies
He taught them all what the saddle was for

Now my generation
Is sick with ambition so
He bought me a lazy boy chair

But you can't kill the bloodline
Of a redneck musician though
He begged of my brother to cut off his hair

Woah, Betty Jo,
I have learned how to sing out the working man blues
Woah, Betty Jo,
Who is that standing behind you?

First you witness inflation
Then you witness construction
Then the streets turn to wireless telephone vines

First the phone books are empty
And no one is calling
And the neighbors are vying for your property line

There's answers in bibles
And the paper on teabags
But questions can't come where the eyes will not go

Now the scenery is burning
And the sets are all empty
Can you love us all gently
Till its your time to go?

Woah, Betty Jo,
I have learned how to sing out the working man blues
Woah, Betty Jo,
Who is that standing behind you?

Can you turn me up louder?
I'm starting to shout
There's no point to be making
I'm changing my mind
And I sad with obsession
There's one down and counting
As the first to be gone
As the first to be gone
As the first to be gone

Now I'm drowning my sorrows
At reckless plantation
Where the roaches take students
And I am their muse

Woah, Betty Jo, have you heard of the heart wrenching news?

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from House Of Candles, released May 26, 2017

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Mink's Miracle Medicine Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Formed in 2013 by songwriters Daniel Zezeski and Melissa Wright, Mink's Miracle Medicine was named after a craft-fair drawing of a snake-oil-sales-wagon.

Mink’s continues to woo audiences, snake-oiling what a fans describe as “songs that feel like paintings” at venues like NPR’s Mountain Stage and Nashville’s legendary Bluebird Cafe. ... more

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