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"Written in the particularly fertile period of December 1995."

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Well then hounds all got loose yesterday
And ran through the center of town
And all the king's horses and all the king's men
Were nowhere to be found.
The boys on the corner smokin' camels
And the girls sellin' love out on the stoop
Were forced inside when the dogs came by
Drinking beer and toasting youth

Well the sheriff put as ban on thinking
Cause it just leads to unrest
But he makes his deputy read to him
At night when he gets undressed
And he fires him gun aimlessly
And drinks tequila from a paper cup
And if he finds the time he'll battle crime
But if he doesn't he'll make it up

CHORUS
And the preacher's son deals heroin
And the judge is a flaming crook
And the locker rooms all got spaces
For the teachers to get a look
Life is town goes round and round
And I guess it always will
Cause God's only fed on Sundays, but through the week the Devil gets his fill

The Librarian's still a virgin, making love to Edgar Allan Poe
But in the darkness between the bookshelves nobody egver needs to know
She gets drunk on Amontillado
And at midnight she staggers home
She's live alone, just her and Poe,
'Till the Conqueror licks her bones

credits

from Hanging On For Dear Life (The 20th Century Demos Volume 1), released October 26, 2000
All words and music by Brian McKnight (ASCAP), Tragical Mirth Music
Copyright 1998
Recording copyright 2000

Produced by Peter Hobert & Brian McKnight
Engineered by Peter Hobert

Peter Hobert: drums and drum programming
Brian McKnight: guitars, piano, organ, keyboards, bass, vocals

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The Baker Street Irregulars Chicago, Illinois

Somewhere between Plastic Ono and Rolling Thunder, THE BAKER STREET IRREGULARS bring an LGBTQ twist to the classic folk/folk rock/indie milieu. Brian McKnight – the singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist at the center of this one-man-band – enlists the aid of the occasional musician (thus the irregular line-up) to record original songs that are at once deeply personal and entirely universal. ... more

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