4:06
The Felice Brothers, 2008
Written by Ian Felice, James Felice, Jeremy Backofen, Josh Rawson, and Simone Felice
This song evokes the Band in its ramshackle, careening, sloopy Americana. This story-song concerns an small-time outlaw, picking up an unspecified cargo, along with his partner Frankie. Somehow, the narrator gets shot. "I could have swore the box said Hollywood blanks but / If you see my mama please tell her / I left a little rock in a box in the cellar / That's for her to wear till kingdom come." With accordion, drunken "sha na na" choruses, and handclaps, the whole track sways around with lurching abandon, perfectly mirroring this tale of the unlucky palooka who only tried to make a little dough for his girl and his mom.
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