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From Ripley County

from Blinking in the Brackens by Return To Normal

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Inspired by a folk song collected in Ripley County Indiana in the late 19th century.

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I went down to New Orleans,
but I didn't mean to stay.
My head got caught in a feather bed.
I couldn't get away.

Now there's pinching bugs,
climbing up on the porch,
and lightning bugs,
blinking in the brackens,
a chorus of tree frogs
singing in reverse,
if you've go the answer
then ask 'em.

So I shaved, I bathed,
I brushed my teeth twice.
Washed my favorite jeans,
practiced talking real nice.
Arced over the moon
by a brush of her hair,
and when she stopped over,
well, I know we were there.

Now I'm back from New Orleans,
and I swear I'm home to stay.
This muddy road,
this rough, rocky farm,
until my final day.

But there's frost feathers cloaking
this cracked window pane,
that constant west wind
like to howl me insane
it hums in my ears,
it seeps into my brain,
these corn stubble fields,
well, they never seem to change.

So I wish you well,
my ex-soon-to-be,
if you're seeking to blame,
do no wonder.
For now rival could ever
keep us apart,
and I'll love you forever,
but after.

I went down to New Orleans,
but I didn't mean to stay.
My head got caught in a feather bed.
I couldn't get away.

credits

from Blinking in the Brackens, released December 15, 2012
Marty on lead vocals, lead guitar, and acoustic accordion; Corinne on vocals, rhythm guitar; Jon Huxtable on drums, and Mark Biegel of trumpet. Vintage steam engine at Hoosier Valley Rail Museum, recorded on location in North Judson, Indiana.

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Return to Normal is Corinne and Marty Lucas -- mostly acoustic oriented new folk with a theatrical and storytelling approach, rich tonal blends and a subtle infusion of jazz and soul elements.

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