Me and the Rats

from East of Western by Cat Hair Ensemble

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I killed my mother the day I was born
And father was none too forgiving
The lashes I felt
From his tongue and his belt
Told me I shouldn’t be the one living

She knows I’m sorry; her eyes say it all
I’ve seen them in that rusted locket
When I packed my bags
I made sure I put that in my pocket

I never met her but I’d swear I've felt her
While wearing her lipstick and flats
God cannot see us down in this bomb shelter
Her ghost and me and the rats

Some gloomy Sunday, Father will know
His prodigal boy is returning
When he realizes
The floorboards around him are burning

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from East of Western, released October 12, 2011

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Cat Hair Ensemble Los Angeles, California

Melodies that cough and choke as much as they croon...dance tunes for one-legged dancers...nervous tangos, club-footed waltzes, gallows swing.

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