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CREEPERWEED

by Bloodkin

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Black Jacket 03:44
BLACK JACKET I need a girl who knows how to wear a black jacket wear it with grace and style I need a girl who wants to ride on the ferris wheel who knows the carnival behind the carnival (chorus) let's cut it right down to the bone if I burn the witch and roll the stone for you do you think you might do that too are you coming through and when the colored lights start flashing loud I want to look right at a face I know I want to say, Hey did you see that one baby are you ready to go home (chorus) yes I need a girl who knows how to wear a black jacket walking down the wedding aisle I need a girl who wants to ride on the ferris wheel who knows the carnival behind the carnival she wears a black jacket
2.
REVEREND JACOB NIGHTTRAIN you've got to be called to do this got to believe in what you sell seven nights a week I preach here on the street corner right in the middle of Hell in the middle of Hell you were washing down this river of neon liquor and perfume you were smothering indeed in the vanity and greed then you heard me talking to you heard me talking to you (chorus) you better stop you better listen not many do what I do you better stop you better listen I've got a bargain for you yes I do I am the Reverend Jacob Nighttrain my tongue tastes nothing but the truth if you cross my palm and you mean me no harm you just might taste some too might taste some too I know I look damaged and dirty I know I don't look like much but I could make you shine in five minutes' time for a donation to my church little donation to my church (chorus) it's right around the corner to the whorehouse where she knows my Christian name she take my pulse when I stumble and fall she sponge away my shame sponge away my shame see we're both standing south of Heaven we're both standing on the same ground I'm just making a friendly proposal the best one you'll get in this town best one you'll get in this town (chorus)
3.
Rotgut 03:56
ROTGUT Roadhouse, Half Moon, 40 Watt blues here's my favorite place to lose been spilling all that good sugar down my shoes I'm going nowhere I got nothing to do (chorus) I live in a rotgut midnight town my home what a rotgut midnight town I call it home I live in a rotgut midnight town my home what a rotgut midnight town I call it home there's two kinds of vampires in this town, honey one drains blood and one drains money do you cast no reflections are you sleeping underground bartender sure keeps you coming around (chorus) yeah you're sitting on the fence I guess you'd better decide girl down the road she taught you how to lie you've been ringing doorbells, nobody's home you're always in love you're always alone you're like that silver limousine with the tinted glass bar in the back seat nowhere fast hey you never did learn the words to that old gospel song you sure sang it loud, you sure got it wrong (chorus)
4.
Birthmark 03:34
BIRTHMARK superstition you're crossing your fingers you're divining where water will flow so I read your naked ghost story what's on your last page I've gotta know (chorus) you're my birthmark you're my birthmark baby put it on me with the evil eye you're my birthmark you're my birthmark baby what a criminal never told a lie overexposure I'm raining I'm flooding learning to love it I'm learning to die it's the little things you do, the little things that get me when you shrug your shoulders and float on by (chorus) voodoo can't touch us we're too fuckin' mean they sell locks of our hair down in New Orleans we having visions we learning control breaking bones in the graveyard coming with soul so I'm speaking your shady sign language we're hard of hearing, we're too old or we're too young let's do it backwards let's pray and betray that ain't no big deal it's just a slip of the tongue (chorus)
5.
DRIVE HOME SEPTEMBER that high haunted feeling when you're driving home alone on a deep September midnight with the gospel radio on and there ain't no wind or rain outside but there's lightning in the sky and you think somewhere inside yourself there might been one girl one time there might have been a girl one time back there a year or two you could have loved your lifetime but you let her slide on through and now her face is fogging up in the mirror of your mind her smile is dim and dusty and her eyes are rusted blind rusted like a padlock on an old forgotten door that ain't been touched in ages now the key don't turn no more now the key won't turn and so you're driving home alone on a deep September midnight with the gospel radio on
6.
SIGNED ON THE DOTTED LINE you used to carve out them statues that could sing you used to take them photographs that made a sinner's eyeballs sting but now you work so hard you don't do anything they say that everything is born to pass away so I guess that's what we're doing here today could have sworn that we had something left to say (chorus) you done signed on the dotted line dime a dozen's what they're paying for your kind so you're taking the money for the time there was a time I was the kid who came to call in my eyes I guess you really knew it all but now you're pulling down your paintings from the wall hey when you wake up in the morning how's it feel does your head ache when you think about the deal that you made and now there's no way to conceal (chorus)
7.
I ASKED FOR WATER I asked for water you were the one who knew me better than I knew myself you showed me the sun I asked for water you drained me dry you walked off and left me alone but you left me alive (chorus) and oh you let it sting like a busted banjo string I thank you for everything and oh you let it burn like a candle melts down I wanta thank you for letting me learn you were a fever dream in the heat of the day you rose from the sidewalk then shimmered then faded away and you were a nightmare my full moon migraine so I sat back and smiled and I sang out so sweetly the pain (chorus) and I wish you all the best of everything I asked for water you were the one who knew me better than I knew myself you showed me the sun I asked for water you bleached my bones you were the only one who loved me enough to leave me alone (chorus) and I wish you all the best of everything
8.
ALL DOLLED UP well, you're all dolled up because the past is gone and your friends can't tell you whose side they're on and your lover is living in a foreign town but you're never gonna die and you never come down (chorus) subscription got canceled out today the job don't pay the record don't play but you say to yourself, I'm gonna make it alright 'cause I'm all dolled up tonight you're all dolled up black jacket and veil white powder and perfume like you just can't fail and you float like a ghost through the bars downtown but you're never gonna die and you never come down (chorus) you're all dolled up fashionable mean mind like a mirror that's just been cleaned and you know it can't last but it does somehow and you're never gonna die and you never come down (chorus)
9.
YOU BETTER PRAY it's hard to survive in a world grown so cold hard getting harder every day don't you worry about what this world thinks about you pray my God you better pray (chorus) do you think that you know wrong from right do you think that by yourself you can survive when everything you've trusted like water flows away pray my God you better pray you work the whole day through to earn your daily bread every night you go hungry just the same then you wake up in the morning alone and so ashamed pray my God you better pray (chorus)
10.

about

"In 1995 we made CREEPERWEED, which wound up being one of my favorite recording experiences. I knew two things going in: One, I wanted to make a record that was more spontaneous and less 'polished'...something a little closer to the band's original heart. Two, I wanted the record to be made entirely with 'acoustic' instruments. I use the quotes because some of the acoustic instruments were variously equipped with electronic pickups and plugged into amplifiers, or otherwise affected during the recording process. But I wanted the flavor of those basic instruments: acoustic guitars, dobro, acoustic bass, drums, harmonica, fiddle.
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"We went into Doug Stanley's house on Pulaski Street in Athens, and started recording some stuff on his 8-track machine, reel to reel...It was a big old house that Doug was in the middle of remodeling, so the walls were splashed with half-finished paint jobs, and bats flew in and out the glassless rear windows. Somehow it was a great place to be; we were all having a good time. After we got the first few rhythm tracks down, Todd told me, 'Man, this is my favorite recorded drum sound I've ever gotten!' That was when Eric and I pretty much decided, fuck the demos, this is the real record we're making here!
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"There's just some spirit, or whatever you'd call it, that rattles around on CREEPERWEED. It was a high water mark of some sort..."
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-Daniel Hutchens, from THE BLOODKIN STORY

credits

released September 19, 1996

All songs written by Daniel Hutchens
except "Reverend Jacob Nighttrain" and "Mercy Train to Bogart"
written by Daniel Hutchens, Eric Carter and Chris Barrineau.
All songs published by Wet Trombone Music BMI.

Daniel Hutchens--vocal, acoustic guitar, harmonica
Eric Carter--dobro
Chris Barrineau--acoustic bass
Todd Nance--drums, percussion

Dave Blackmon--fiddle on "Rotgut"
Mike Gibson--acoustic guitar on "Mercy Train to Bogart"
John Keane--backing vocal on "Rotgut", pedal steel on "Drive Home September"
Charlie Pruet--additional percussion on "Mercy Train to Bogart"

All tracks recorded by Doug Stanley at his house on Pulaski St. in Athens, GA.
Except "Rotgut" and "Drive Home September"
recorded by John Keane at Keane Music Ltd. in Athens, GA.
And "Mercy Train to Bogart" recorded straight to DAT by Zach Hubbert
at the old Panic practice space in downtown Athens, GA.
Mixed by John Keane.
Mastered by Chris Griffin at Griffin Mastering in Atlanta.

Band photos by Jackie Jasper.
Cover photos and design by Michael Lachowski for Candy.

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