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Tim Wille - The Ballad of Sonny Boy Carruthers

from Tintinnitus by Stephen Wordsmith

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Recorded for February Album Writing Month, 2014.

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I'm Sonny Boy Carruthers
I was born before me father
And me grandfather's younger than he

I'm not a lad to grandstand
But you'll have to do no handstand
To wrap your head around me fam'ly tree

It's all a bit insidious
Me noble line of lineage
Transcends no normal linearity

I'm just Sonny Boy Carruthers
Who was born before me father
And me grandfather's younger than he

*intermission*

I'm Sonny Boy Carruthers
I was born before me father
And me grandfather's younger than he

Born before me dad, in essence
For 'twas in me father's presence
(He was in the operating room with she)

And me mum was, in a nutshell
Half his age upon their nuptials
(He was fifty, and her dad was forty-three)

So I'm Sonny Boy Carruthers
who was born before me father
And me grandfather's younger than he

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from Tintinnitus, released May 23, 2016
Lyrics by Stephen Wordsmith
Vocals, composition and all instruments by Tim Wille-Jorgensen (themeletarians.com)

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