Old Joe Gravy

from Old Joe Gravy & Three More Songs by Tiedbelly & Mortanga

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OLD JOE GRAVY
THE PLAGUE CAME ON A SUNDAY - THEY WERE ALL WATCHING SPORTS ON TV
BLEW ITS WIND OF SICKNESS AND FIRE - OBLIVIOUS OF THE CHARITY

LEFT ONE MAN ON THE LAND - AN UNDERTAKER OF EIGHTY YEARS OLD
A NASTY ASSHOLE WITH A SPADE - TO BURY THE REST OF THE WORLD
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WAKE IN THE MORNING DIP YOUR FEET IN THE SLUDGE
BRING YOUR GRIMACE AND THE SPADE
SUN GETS WARMER AND THE GROUND IS HARD
SPIT ON YOUR HANDS SHUT UP AND START TO
RIT:
DIG GROUND OLD JOE GRAVY, DIG GROUND (X2 O X4)
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OLD JOE GRAVY DUG A HOLE LIKE A CHASM - CAST ALL THE DEAD PEOPLE DOWN
COVERED WITH STONES TO CONCLUDE - DIDN’T LOOK FOR FLOWERS AROUND

THEN TOOK A BRUSH AND SOME BLACK PAINT - ON HIS UGLY FACE A BLISSFUL GRIN
WROTE THE BIGGER THAN HE COULD - THE WORD: ”HUMANITY”
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LIT THE LAST FAG, HIS FEET IN THE SLUDGE - AND FOUND NO GOD TO THANK FOR
THE STRANGE SITUATION HE WAS IN - WITH NOBODY TO ORDER HIM TO
RIT.

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from Old Joe Gravy & Three More Songs, released April 10, 2020

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TiedBelly Rome, Italy

Blues, god-sitter, old time music, punk, rock'n'roll and a deep attitude for cooking and cursing.Together with Mortanga, the administrator of percussive mayhem, he tries to announce the apocalypse in the better way. Occasionaly producer for other dysfunctionals like him. ... more

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