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SOTD #53
Today’s song is O’Malley’s Bar by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
I am tall and I am thin
Of an enviable height
And I’ve been known to be quite handsome
In a certain angle and in a certain light
Well I entered into O’Malley’s
Said “O’Malley I have a thirst.”
O’Malley merely smiled at me
And said “You wouldn’t be the first.”
I knocked on the bar and pointed
To a bottle on the shelf
And as O’Malley poured me out a drink
I sniffed and crossed myself
My hand decided that the time was nigh
And for a moment it slipped from view
And when it returned, it fairly burned
With confidence anew
Well the thunder from my steely fist
Made all the glasses jangle
When I shot him, I was so handsome
It was the light, it was the angle
Murder Ballads is just an excellent album, full of stories that have really grim, dark lyrics but with upbeat melodies. This, a 15 minute epic about a lone gunman wiping out all the patrons in his neighbourhood bar, is my favourite track from the album. If all you’ve heard is the single that came from the album - Where The Wild Roses Grow - then you should give the rest a listen.
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