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The Bends of the Elbow

from Within a Shady Thicket by Bud Petal

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lyrics

Come gather around friends and I'll tell you a tale
About one man's bends of the elbow
He was born up in the Meadowlands
Where the steelworks used to run a-plenty

They complain in the East he's going too far
They say his demeanour is ill-fitting
Though back in the inner West
He's just a tortured artist

He arrived for an hour with his head over his hat
As the faces of the poor, they were grinding
Blacked out, blacked out in a cold sweat
The jester has spoken out

The days rolled by and the binge did bite
And the mouth would nip at the moonshine
But I would be the last one to tar
Anyone with the brush of fools

So next time you feel down or out in the pines
Or amongst dentists with wolves
Just have a look in your lover's eyes
Or hold on to her dovetails.

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from Within a Shady Thicket, released December 9, 2010

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Bud Petal Sydney, Australia

Bud Petal’s music has been described as “cerebral art-folk”, “a true outsider, a freak-folk wunderkind”.

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