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(Son of) The Valley of the Blues

from Biscuits & Gravity by Scott Hrabko & The Rabbits

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(Son of) The Valley of the Blues
© 2015, Scott Hrabko (ASCAP)

Johnny IOU and the Terrible Two
Picking on a helpless guitar
Fallen leaves and antifreeze
As close as we got to the stars
Stay out all night, running red lights
In a fever of failure of nerve
The moon turned blue as an amplifier tube
And the wind kicks up the dirge
La-la-la-la, la-la-la

Electrical fences from Wentzville to Memphis
Arkansas, I hear you moan
The hell hounds of paranoia
Throw 'em a bone
It's you again, in the yellow mirror
Of a burned out, breathless john
A miserable mop head slops away
To that old plantation song

Oh, mama -- Try not to come unglued
Walking through the bottomless shadows
In the valley of the blues

Deep in the black heart of Texas
Where nobody knows my name
But the ghosts of oil well wishers
On that long gone glory train
I follow the lonesome tail lights
Into the mystery
Oh, my lucky stars
Seems like you're avoiding me

Tried to get out of nowhere
A stranger, just like you
Walking through the bottomless shadows
In the valley of the blues
The valley of the ...

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from Biscuits & Gravity, released January 24, 2015
SH - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Josh Arnold - Bass, Harmony Vocals
Emily Tummons - Harmony Vocals
Kirk Scott - Electric Guitar

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Scott Hrabko Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City's Scott Hrabko is an independent singer/songwriter who has followed his own mercurial muse since the town's late- 80s indie rock scene.

“Hrabko’s rootsy songs are filled with trap doors, hidden nooks, and secret passageways. They’re like those dreams within comfortably familiar houses that suddenly have brand new rooms.”
Mike Warren - No Depression
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