Cuckoo from Shallow Graves by The Maledictions
Words and Music Kevin Orton (BMI).Copyright 2019 Kevin Orton. All rights reserved.
Tracklist
| 3. | Cuckoo | 3:13 |
Lyrics
Oh the cuckoo is a pretty bird and she warbles as she flies
But she never hollers cuckoo till you reach your darker side
Till you reach your darker side
Well, I climbed that whole mountain just to get to that whiskey still
And I got me a devil bottle for an Andy Jackson bill
For and Andy Jackson bill
Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Diamonds you're the hardest card I know
You robbed my poor body but you never took my soul
You never took my soul
Well, I climbed that whole mountain just to get my demons high
Now its greenbacks when they're hungry and whiskey till I die
Yeah, whiskey when they're dry
Oh the cuckoo is a pretty bird and she warbles as she flies
But she never hollers cuckoo till you reach your darker side
Till you reach your darker side
Cuckoo cuckoo
Cuckoo Cuckoo
Sugar Baby met Miss Lacey Crescent City bound
Sugar Baby and Miss Lacey went and shot this grifter down
Went and shot this poor boy down
Oh the cuckoo is a pretty bird and she steals from a robin's nest
But she never hollers cuckoo till you're dead in your Sunday best
Till you're dead in your Sunday best
Oh the cuckoo is a pretty bird and she warbles as she flies
But she never hollers cuckoo till you reach your darker side
Till you reach your darker side
Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Diamonds you're the hardest card I know
You robbed my poor body but you never took my soul
You never took my soul
Oh the cuckoo is a pretty bird and she warbles as she flies
But she never hollers cuckoo till you reach your darker side
Till you reached your poor graveside
Till you reached your poor graveside
Credits
Kevin Orton- guitar vocals
Andre Fratto- wine glasses, bass
John Kruth- mando cello, cuckoo call
License
All rights reserved.
The Maledictions' sound has been called "Gothic Americana", "Country Noir" and "Nick Cave meets Johhny Cash". "It's all just Folk Music," says band leader, Kevin Orton, "Maybe aggressive Folk but Folk music...I tend to write songs about people who are uninsured". After a solo album, FEMME NOIR (featuring Gordon Gano), Orton formed The Maledictions. Full discography here from albums to singles.