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BABY, THEY TOLD US WE WOULD RISE AGAIN

by Bloodkin

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1.
The Viper 07:35
THE VIPER you wake up your smile is strange crooked with sugar coated pain your tongue is stained with the name the purple blood of the Viper you fall out of bed and down your stairs your kitchen is ice blue sharp and bare one bowl of scorpions and scarlet hair that's your breakfast with the Viper so you click your big screen TV on but your pretty panorama's gone just one scene throbbing on and on those green cruel eyes of the Viper so you put a shotgun in your mouth but you can't pull that trigger now your hands are dealing for the house now you're working for the Viper and you smoke a pipe and you snort a line that sultan's stash he left behind you've been an addict all your life now you're higher than the Viper you walk out into your backyard the lawn's all tragic black and charred burned flat and hard, your calling card from your visit with the Viper so you climb into your SUV you drive downtown to pay your fee your spine still twists with ecstacy now you've mated with the Viper your life's one sugar coated failure but what a tale you have to tell your brain's still crashing with the bells from your wedding with the Viper now your soul is old and grey how many lifetimes will you pay raw meat is all you crave today you're hungry as the Viper
2.
Easter Eggs 04:01
EASTER EGGS baby, they told us we would rise again as I recall they never filled us in about when a thousand years from now you'll still be my old friend when you come dragging in I'll just say, Baby how you been since God got up and the Devil got down we got lost and we got found we raised Hell all over town we were strolling hand in hand down Confederate Street in the acid rain when you told me, Time's a bunch of boxcars circling around us like a model train you always had a little taste of something to murder my pain when you come dragging in I'll just say, Baby how you been since God got up and the Devil got down you got high and I got grounded we hid Easter Eggs all over town first love feels like the last love in the world in our hometown sewage ditch I found my punk rock pearl if you never need a boyfriend again, I could always be your girl when you come dragging in I'll just say, Baby how you been since God got up and the Devil got down we got lost and we got found we raised Hell all over town when God got up and the Devil got down you got high and I got grounded we hid Easter Eggs all over town when God got up and the Devil got down
3.
Ghost Runner 04:20
GHOST RUNNER I got a ghost runner standing on first base in this vacant lot in July grass growing past our ankles and the sun's in the middle of the sky we got all summer to play this way all summer to make it real and little kids like us just make the rules up and my ghost runner's trying to steal little kids like us just make the rules up and my ghost runner's trying to steal now my ghost runner's standing on second base and it must be a hundred in the shade me and my buddy we don't mind sweating it out we got a cooler full of Gatorade and we're out of school all summer and I'm swinging at his lazy curve it's a single out past the pawpaw trees and my ghost runner's rounding third it's a single out past the pawpaw trees and my ghost runner's rounding third yeah my ghost runner's trying to score and now the sun's already going down pretty soon me and my buddy we'll both be moving on out of this town ghost outfielder hits the ghost cutoff man ghost cutoff man wheels and throws we got all summer to play this way and my ghost runner's safe at home hey we got all summer to play this way and my ghost runner's safe at home we got all summer to play this way and my ghost runner's safe at home we got all summer to play this way and my ghost runner's safe at home safe at home
4.
Rhododendron 06:57
RHODODENDRON life's a mystery but it's fragrant as an apple tree swelling her blossoms in July in the Ohio River Valley the sky's distorting with the heat a kiln-slicked glaze of baby blue and there's always hard work to be done in the Ohio River Valley she grew up in Silverton drew well water for her family laid silverware by the breakfast plates and reckoned she was happy on a little farm not far from here where the hillsides and the valley were tangled thick with summer's blazing fireworks bouquets (chorus) of wild Rhododendron wild Rhododendron wild Rhododendron wildflower wild Rhododendron wild Rhododendron wild Rhododendron wild and her daddy was a bus driver and her mama was a teacher and they worked backbreaking hard to raise their children with a touch of Old Testament iron and a whiff of wild Rhododendron life's a mystery but it's tempting as an apple pie cooling a November windowsill in the Ohio River Valley the skies are low and concrete grey the countryside's bare and brambly but there's always hard work to be done in the Ohio River Valley she grew up in Silverton drew well water for her family laid silverware by the breakfast plates and reckoned she was happy on a little farm not far from here where the hillsides and the valley will soon be drifted deep with snow while seeds wait down below to bring springtime's Rhododendron (chorus) life's a mystery but it's beautiful as she is God's own little wildflower my wild Rhododendron (for Frankie)
5.
MY NAME IS ALICE my name is Alice but you can call me what you want maybe you'll remember but you probably won't I'm down at the bottom of my favorite wishing well yeah this used to be heaven now it's turned into hell my name is Alice at least that's what I think and as long as I'm down here I might as well take a drink take a drink they say that these things will kill you then again maybe they won't but if you've never tried them I suggest that you don't my name is Alice that's what it says on my cold stone and I hope and I pray that you don't die alone die alone my name is Alice but you can call me what you want maybe you'll remember but you probably won't
6.
HEAVY WITH CHILD we're so happy we're living forever we're so happy we never said never I'm so happy I found you here I'd been waiting a thousand years I'm so happy we're going downtown I'm so happy you're a killer little clown I'm so happy there's a party tonight I'm so happy we're crashing it right I'm so happy we're living the dream where every single night is Halloween where every single night is Halloween here we go now it's October here we go we're starting over I'm so happy I'm your boyfriend I'm so happy you're sneaking me in I'm so happy there's pigs in the sky blood in your hair, skulls in your eyes I'm so happy the end is near I'm so happy my mind's so clear I'm so happy Hell's just a school I'm so happy the Devil's so cool I'm so happy that nothing's obscene I'm so happy that Jesus is queen I'm so happy your hymnal's on fire I'm so happy I'm joining the choir I'm so happy we're living the dream where every single night is Halloween where every single night is Halloween here we go now it's October here we go we're starting over I'm so happy your heart is wild I'm so happy you're heavy with child I'm so happy you're drinking white rum I'm so happy you told me how come I'm so happy this bar just rocks I'm so happy the bathroom door locks I'm so happy you're my sister in sin my blacked out angel, my best friend I'm so happy you're a real blonde I'm so happy you're climbing on I'm so happy I'm ready to preach I'm so happy I'm peeling your peach I'm so happy you're wearing that mask I'm so happy I won't even ask I'm so happy we're living the dream where every single night is Halloween where every single night is Halloween here we go now it's October here we go we're starting over
7.
A PLACE TO CRASH hell and high water and hard times never faded our design we stuck like speed freaks to our childhood deal we got snake rash on the road we got viperish, we got cold but inside we never lost that feel after hours in all the clubs we were just a-getting up on one we never needed much sleep, we had a license to steal were they enemies, were they friends they mixed the drinks and told us, Come on in they never looked us in the eye, but we never lost that feel and it felt like a place to crash for the night a bedtime story about the morning light a place to crash for the night a bedtime story about the morning light we puked our guts out on the stage a thousand nights then didn't get paid we were stupid or inspired or a little of each we were just country boys speaking in tongues God's and the Devil's own songs we sung some people didn't like to hear it but we came to preach and we were never no dress up rehearsal no choreography no Budweiser commercial we weren't kidding, we were wrecking our health for real how we made it this far in one piece or so it's kinda Spinal Tap to believe I know I think what saved us was we never lost that feel it still feels like a place to crash for the night a bedtime story about the morning light it still feels like a place to crash for the night a bedtime story about the morning light it still feels like a place to crash
8.
LITTLE MARGARITA everything you heard about me is true my Little Margarita but I'm so in love with you my Little Margarita I am the bastard son of Neal Cassady you're splashing salt and cactus juice all over me you're my Little Margarita oh baby when you look at me like that you're my Little Margarita you snake around like a sneaky little cat my Little Margarita you rattle my bones around like ice in a silver shaker you frost me down until I'm ready to meet my maker you're my Little Margarita now this old world's in such a mess my Little Margarita I didn't fix it up much I guess for you Margarita but I got a few good licks in, doing what I do and the very best thing I ever did was loving you you're my Little Margarita now I can't stay with you much longer my Little Margarita but every day you're getting stronger my Little Margarita and don't forget you got my blood inside your veins you'll never be alone in this world, you'll never be a stranger and I am the bastard son of Neal Cassady walking the tracks down in Mexico, well, you can write a book about me you're my Little Margarita my Little Margarita my Little Margarita my Little Margarita, hey (for Amberly)
9.
Wait Forever 05:25
WAIT FOREVER singing to my pillow I woke up out of tune some might say it's sinful last night I had a dream about you you're my most expensive habit and there ain't no kind of cure I've been in and out of rehab you're always there to pick me up when I walk out the door this ain't my life I'm living and this ain't my blood I drink it's a crack in my reflection maybe these ain't my thoughts I think no no no my mouth full of contradiction snake sliding through my grass I been warned about the thunderstorm and the flood that's gonna come to pass come to pass but even if I have to wait forever that's okay even if I leave this world tomorrow, I want you today I want you today well, I hear that tribal pounding wicked sweet and strong it's wrecking my loudspeaker when I turn your power on but I turn it on in my mind I see a dancefloor and it's filled with whores and thieves and they all dance just the way you do but they all sing just like me ain't that a shame and even if I have to wait forever that's okay even if I leave this town tomorrow, I want you today I want you today
10.
SUMMER IN GEORGIA let's take a roadtrip, it's been a while let's see some wrong turns we've never seen let's pack up the baby and pack up the beagles these are golden days for traveling when Georgia is green (chorus) sweetheart it's Summer in Georgia the days hot and slow as jalapeno honey days that just swamp down the hands of time and every long minute I'm glad that you're mine sweetheart it's Summer in Georgia we could drive up to Helen or maybe out to Comer we could stop in for sweet tea at Café Saving Grace buy a basket of peaches at a roadside concession but I'm confessing no peach blossom's pretty as your face (chorus) let's roll down the windows get the Braves on the radio let our minds flutter off in that butterfly sky I know out there somewhere there's a world full of sorrow but today I'm still smiling and I bet you know why sweetheart it's Summer in Georgia... (for Kristy)

about

“Bloodkin’s 20-year history has been a roller coaster of the good, the bad and the ugly. There have been personal demons to tame, real tragedy to endure, and a very uphill battle to keep their creative relationship intact. But through it all, their music remains a genuine article of southern gothic narrative wrapped in the cloak of powerful and raw guitar-driven rock & roll music. With 9 albums of material to their credit Bloodkin is an undeniably important, although generally under-recognized, part of the contemporary southern musical landscape.”
-JAMBASE

“Easily the most under-appreciated rock n roll band of the last 15 years, Athens GA’s Bloodkin is finally getting some much-deserved attention with this soulful, demon-expelling record [Baby...]. I should let you in on a little secret--all of their albums are this good.”
-STEVE LABATE in PASTE MAGAZINE

“As if the legacy of Faulkner or even the Beats were alive on vinyl rather than in ink.” -STEPHEN M. DEUSNER in PITCHFORK

Featuring liner notes by Patterson Hood of DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS.

credits

released February 3, 2009

Produced by David Barbe.
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Chase Park Transduction in Athens, GA
on scattered dates October 2007 through May 2008.
Mastered by Jeff Capurso.

Liner notes by Patterson Hood.

All songs written by Daniel Hutchens
except "A Place to Crash", "Little Margarita" and "Wait Forever"
written by Daniel Hutchens and Eric Carter
and "My Name is Alice" written by Eric Carter.
All songs published by Wet Trombone Music BMI.

Daniel Hutchens--vocal, guitar, harmonica, backing vocal on "My Name is Alice"
Eric Carter--guitar, backing vocal, lead vocal on "My Name is Alice"
David Nickel--bass
Aaron Phillips--drums
David Barbe--percussion, keyboard, backing vocal
Eric Martinez--guitar

Mike Cooley--banjo on "The Viper"
Orenda Fink--trumpets on "The Viper"
Jess Franklin--keyboards on "The Viper", "Easter Eggs" and "Heavy With Child".
Todd Nance--shaker on "The Viper"
William Tonks--dobro on "Easter Eggs" and "Rhododendron", guitar on "Heavy With Child"

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