40 Ft. of Rope
from Smartest Man In the Room by Paul Mark & The Van Dorens
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lyrics
(Words/music by P.Mark)
Whistling Dixie past the bone yard
40 feet of rope in my hand
911 off the hook in your head
How many bells can you stand?
Sing a song of 6 cents
Cover up your eyes
4 and 20 magpies
Baking up a lie
You know the world's been wrong before
Engine's out the window
Look out below
That gasket looked like a winner
But now it's leaking sorta slow
15 lilies on a dead man's chest
40 feet of rope in a tree
76 trombones through the eye of a needle
Blowing Nearer My God to Thee
A hanging judge reads a 12-step sentence
To a jury of 8 and 4
It takes 88 keys to unchain my heart
Since daddy lost the store
But the world's been wrong before
4 score and 20 grifters
Backslapping on the senate floor
40 feet of rope daisy-chains their hands
To a safe behind the door
25 plaid-blue jumpers
Double-Dutching by the Central Park Zoo
Singing 2-4-6 we're all god's tricks
Until he calls in the loan
But the world's been wrong before
© Last Warning Music. All Rights Reserved.
Whistling Dixie past the bone yard
40 feet of rope in my hand
911 off the hook in your head
How many bells can you stand?
Sing a song of 6 cents
Cover up your eyes
4 and 20 magpies
Baking up a lie
You know the world's been wrong before
Engine's out the window
Look out below
That gasket looked like a winner
But now it's leaking sorta slow
15 lilies on a dead man's chest
40 feet of rope in a tree
76 trombones through the eye of a needle
Blowing Nearer My God to Thee
A hanging judge reads a 12-step sentence
To a jury of 8 and 4
It takes 88 keys to unchain my heart
Since daddy lost the store
But the world's been wrong before
4 score and 20 grifters
Backslapping on the senate floor
40 feet of rope daisy-chains their hands
To a safe behind the door
25 plaid-blue jumpers
Double-Dutching by the Central Park Zoo
Singing 2-4-6 we're all god's tricks
Until he calls in the loan
But the world's been wrong before
© Last Warning Music. All Rights Reserved.
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from Smartest Man In the Room,
released January 1, 2020
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Paul Mark & The Van Dorens New York, New York
Triple-threat songwriter-musician-producer Paul Mark has been mystifying critics and barflies for decades. With a striking lyrical edge and an encyclopedic facility with American roots music, NYC-based Paul Mark has built a top-drawer original song catalog that tugs on the ears of the literary as well as the liquidated. Mark is principal owner of Radiation Records. ... more
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