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saw Audrey Hepburn, well i can’t say
think it was her because she rotted away
dressed like a cat in stolen dime store chic
it really shouldn’t have looked that bleak
she was the goddess type, the regal kind
i want the smile back that struck me blind

at home in graveyards
no future there
no white muslin ladies take me unaware

five shooting stars, a whole new place
man in my stomach play Amazing Grace
sat like a gargoyle protecting the door
my head and heart engaged in civil war
she was the shaman type, the scary kind
she was the only thing she couldn’t find

at home in graveyards
nobody goes
everything’s in permanent repose

my poor Ophelia never learned to swim
it seemed that drowning was her only whim
garland of flowers drifting down the stream
guess she was heavier than she seemed
she was the virgin type, the withered kind
sat back and watched as she declined

at home in graveyards
lonely everywhere else
i need the stories that each spirit tells

kind and wholesome, painfully pure
a little untried and a lot unsure
sanctified like a cathedral made flesh
i felt refined but didn’t feel refreshed
she was the angel type, the marrying kind
prayed so much that her faith resigned

at home in graveyards
nothing there to break
don’t need to compromise for safety’s sake

women come, women leave
tin soldiers drum and lawyers deceive
poetic type, tragic kind
with all these sonnets my death warrant’s signed

at home in graveyards
but your garden’s nice
leave me some flowers as a sacrifice

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from A Monday, released September 25, 2012

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Mayonnaise Jenkins and the Former Kings of the Delta Blues Boston, Massachusetts

The year was 1956. Mayonnaise Jenkins was topping the Blues charts and exciting the imagination of a young man in Minnesota by the name of Bob Dylan. Howl was published. Godzilla reached America’s shores, both the film and the monster, and Reptoids granted David Bowie the power to travel through time.

2004, Wick Hill and Garrett Cook form Mayonnaise Jenkins and the Former Kings of the Delta Blues ... more

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