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Stuck between a rock and a hard place polka

from Wooden Kimono by Pugsley Buzzard

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lyrics

When I land in the poorhouse.
Can I sleep in your bed?
Will I scrounge like a doormouse
When my gold turns back into lead?
Will I wind up in trouble?
When the dream fades
Will they burst my bubble?

Trust in trust.
Have faith in faith.
Tomorow is an elusive waif.
If this moment isn't safe,
Then what is?

Engine driver pump the bellows.
Drive this car out of the mire.
Take us to the promised land.
Or at least from the frying pan to the fire.

And so we toast to our deserted dreams
There's a heaven too for Gypsies, thieves and queens.
We'll smash our glasses on the floor and dance.
There may not be a second chance.

When I land in the poor house.
Can I sleep in your bed?
It's either that or the jailhouse.
Where they'll leave me to rot till I'm dead.
All my life has been trouble.
When I gambled I made it double.

Crack of Whips and the Sherriff's Gauntlet
Thrown down at our feet.
The Burgermeister wants us out.
And the next won't let us in.
It's a strange marriage:
Me and my companions in this carriage.

Engine driver pump the bellows.
Drive this car out of the mire.
Take us somewhere we can hide.
We have to beat the Sherriff's wire.

These seats 'll make a tasty stew.
We'll burn the window panes for some heat.
And when we land in this smoking wreck
The station guards won't hold us back.

What blind monkey drives this wreck?
Remind them to ask them for my money back.
And all the liquor will soon run out.
And all mayhem will break out.
the dining car is filled with clowns.
Nowhere to go they'll drive us to the ground.
The band's on fire.
We're not lost or found.
And the tigers have broken out.

credits

from Wooden Kimono, released August 23, 2016
Words and Music by Pugsley Buzzard Wateringcan
Piano Vocal - Pugsley Buzzard
Bass - Brett Hirst
Drums - Anthony Howe
Saxophones, clarinet - Adam Simmons
Saxophone - Neill Duncan
Trombone - Sam Golding

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Pugsley Buzzard Berlin, Germany

The hippeningest, happeningest, piano mashingest hoodooman hipster of the funkological piano this side of where it's at daddio! Big voice, chunky piano, red hot bands and sassy horns. Intriguing multidimensional songs. Pugsley has played all over from New Orleans to Berlin and beyond and originates from the deep deep south. That's Australia folks. Come and get your cures all ills musical elixir. ... more

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