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The Mansion Song

from A Poke in the Eye by Orphan Jane

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The tale of a poor little rich boy who gets his comeuppance.

lyrics

I drank a little bit of wine, I stuck my nose where its not wanted,
Now I sit in a budding pine, and think of all the thinks I'd wanted,
Her daddy chased me from the door, the reason why it doesn't matter,
I never done him nothing wrong, i just forgot the morning after.

Now tell me what is it you'd do, if this was happening to you,
Could not just stand so idly by, and watch such rivers flowing by,
He didn't know that I was rich, that I was born into a mansion,
And when my daddy gets an itch, he has a way to make things happen.

But I guess you learn, sooner or later,
It's best you mind us, your best behavior,
Is what's expected, good for relations,
This is the price now, of an education.

We seized his property and car, we shone a big light on his marriage,
We told the papers what he does, and made his bosses so embarrassed,
That they were forced to let him go, out of mind as so directed,
Into a bottle or a hole, to do what everyone expected.


Three months went by and not a word, then on the fifth I hear it mentioned,
That someone is going to burn, and then i start to pay attention,
Cause now they're marching on my lawn, and now they're trampling my roses,
And now they're taking what they want, such a surprise that someone noticed,
And now I’m running from their lights, through the trees as through a jungle,
And now I'm climbing up so high, I must admit I made a blunder.

But I guess you learn, sooner or later,
It's best you mind us, your best behavior,
Is what's expected, good for relations,
This is the price now, of an education.

credits

from A Poke in the Eye, released August 3, 2014
Vocals: Jessica Underwood
Backup Vocal: Tim Cluff
Guitar: Dave Zydallis
Bass: Robert Desjardins
Accordion: Tim Cluff
Percussion: Douglas Clark

Written by Tim Cluff
Arranged by Orphan Jane
Recorded and Engineered by Douglas Clark

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Orphan Jane New York, New York

Orphan Jane is circus tents and gypsies, traditional blues and vaudeville, a dear friend of whom you're just a little afraid. Like a drink cut with sharp mandolins, wheezing accordions and thrilling falsettos, chased by the driving lines of a standup bass. A vocalist equal parts Lotte Lenya and Little Mermaid with a band of hooligans growling close behind. Classic American folk tradition made new. ... more

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