Music PSA -- The Old 97's!

[aceofkittens]

My favorite band, The Old 97's, released their new CD, "Drag It Up," on Tuesday. You know what this means: I'll be quoting a lot of lyrics. ;)

I'm still getting used to this CD, though a few favorites have already lodged in my cranium. The inclusion of "Home No More" — a song for which I've been waiting for 4 years (it was supposed to be on the never-released Ranchero Brothers CD) — was enough to get me squealing like a groupie.

The Old 97's are hard to describe. Alt-country? Rockabilly? Who cares. They make great music. I owe this one to baogirl. :) Yay! And now, for some lyrics:

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You're a bottlecap away from pushing me too far
Well, the problem's getting big -- and it's a compact car
So I won't feel so bad, I did all I could do.
Now I'm at Wounded Knee, and we're at Waterloo.

So please get out of my car.

I was born in the backseat of a Mustang
On a cold night, in the hard rain
And the very first song that the radio sang
It was "I Won't Be Home No More."

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I'm pulling off the road,
I'm opening the door...
I'm giving you the pavement
I'm telling you what for!
You're no more than a thought, no more than a thought,
You're getting smaller in my rear-view mirror, getting smaller in my rear-view mirror...


I love these guys!