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Nicholas The Sculptor

from The Recession Special EP by The Recession Special

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lyrics

Shut the water off and watch the Garden City wilt
Turn our houses into clay and turn the streets back into silt
Onward, upward, outward
That’s the way of modern man
Says Nicholas the Sculptor to his roaring fans

Take our firewood and watch the windows turn to frost
Fill you debtor’s prison up with Generation Lost
Onward, upward, outward
That’s the rent of modern man
Says Nicholas the Landlord to the Repo Man

Die Die Die Die
Die Die Die Die
Die Die Die Die Die Die Die Die Die Die
They push you to the bottom
O with every lease and lie
And as they paint your city gold
The only thing to do is die

What a charming little city built and worked by many hands
But it seems a little lacking for a master of the land
I have schemes and dreams a-burning
I have oh so many plans
To be the wave that comes a-crashing
On your castle made of sand

Die Die Die Die
Die Die Die Die
Die Die Die Die Die Die Die Die Die Die
They push you to the bottom
O with every lease and lie
And as they paint your city gold
The only thing to do is die

So plant your little boxes in their pretty little rows
Fill the earth with slaves and serfs and see if any money grows
Starve these fucking peasants
It’s the only way they learn
So when they shut your water off the only thing to do is burn

credits

from The Recession Special EP, track released July 22, 2022
Dusty The Kid: Vox, Guitars, Banjo, Mandolin
“Bucky-Eyed” Geoffrey Taylor: Vox, Fiddle
Stovepipe Rides Again: Bass
Thrift Storrs Bishop: Percussion

Recorded at Soundcolor Studios in Livingston, Montana. Fall 2021.

Mixed & Engineered by Quint Bishop
Mastered by Dan Emery at Black Matter Mastering
Produced by The Recession Special

Guest Vocal on “A Kiss is the Key” by Stephanie Burda
Additional Vocals by Ethan Leuzinger & Andrew Reichert

Music & Lyrics to “A Garland for May Day” & “Nicholas the Sculptor” by Dusty The Kid

Music & Lyrics to “Mabry Mill”, “Crying Knot”, & “The Bucky Eyed Stomp” by Geoffrey Taylor

Lyrics to “A Kiss is the Key” by Dusty The Kid
Music by Dusty The Kid & Finn Carroll

“Coal Tattoo” by Billy Edd Wheeler
“Tchavolo Swing” by Dorado Schmitt

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The Recession Special Missoula, montana

The Recession Special are a band of buskers, carnival barkers, and workhouse escapees with a unique blend of old tyme music, folk punk, and swing. The band seeks to bring the spirit of resistance and resilience back to folk music, and to remind listeners that no matter how hard times get, there's always a place for dancing in the revolution. ... more

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