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Laymans' Song

from Landmine by The Post-Timey String Band

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I could feel the floor a’bendin’
‘Neath the stompin’ of our hooves,
And our voices started blendin’
Like we was doin’ somethin’ good.

We would howl at night in streets, so loud,
In hopes we could be heard.
Now we’re bitin’ our own bullets,
Now we’re choking on our words.

How the trumpet started blowin’
With no regard to tune,
But our ears were turning deaf
Beneath the silence of the moon.
Now we raise our glasses higher,
And curse the noise we've lost
If we go down still fighting,
We haven't really lost.

Through straining voice
and twisted tongue,
We'll sing the layman's song
“Our labor’s never good enough.
The pain had been too long.”

How the burning rays of summer
Have beat down on our backs,
And we scream out every chorus
In hopes it’s not our last.
We pray our Lord forgives us
For every turn we took.
Though the signs all said forbidden,
Our hearts refused to look.

May the road rise up to meet me
As I stumble o'er my steps,
For I'm far too old to rise for it,
Too far from home to rest.
My callused hands
Can't hold the chords
to carry out the songs,
“Our labor's never good enough.
the pain has been too long.”

credits

from Landmine, released December 13, 2019
Kelley - Vocals, Guitar
Sean - Harmonies, Guitar, Banjo, Bass, Organ, Drums

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The Post-Timey String Band Columbia, South Carolina

With a good mixture of quirky and serious, The Post-Timey String Band produce an interesting blend of folk, ragtime, and blues that hails influence from the old and the new. Kelley creates the picture with her vocals/kazoo/mouth trumpet and keeps everything in beat with her rhythm guitar, uke, and banjo while Sean colors everything in with an assortment of stringed instruments. ... more

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