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HELLHOUNDS

Words and music by J. Rae Perigoe

Your forty days passed much too slowly,
Tempted by an African Mephistopheles
For thirteen years of finger-picking thrall.
All we who plod and strum can’t take the Fall.
All we who plod and strum can’t take the Fall.

Hellhounds on your trail, you’re on your own,
So utterly alone.
Were your fingers stubs assaulting steel-bodied National guitars?
Oh did you hesitate at your offer, wondering what Jesus said,
Or was your mind free of dogma when pondering what Satan tells you now?

Did Son’s eyes expand when he saw your newfound mastery of the blues?
Did your fingers lull mysteriously and snake-charm any woman you choose?
Oh King you could have changed all that we think and feel and sing and play.
Thankfully you’re gone, in synch with history’s romantic way…

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from Katie and the Church Basement, released June 15, 2014

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The Human Trampoline Toronto, Ontario

"She means we're bouncing into Graceland." -- Paul Simon
"Katie and the Church Basement" is the debut album from this eclectic folk-rock group, bouncing between the stages of Toronto ON. The album moves from the majestic "Prisoner," to the bluesy Mississippi mud of "Hellhounds," to the carefree, uptempo rock of "Sarah Angeline." Come bouncing with them into Graceland. ... more

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