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Rattlesnake

from Critters by Just Nick

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RATTLESNAKE
CROTALUS CERASTES

In the late 1800’s, ‘snake oil’ was at the peak of its popularity. Fortunately, rattlesnakes were far from defenseless. This song tells the story of an encounter between a grieving snake and a formidable salesman, that ends tragically for both.

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Clear the bugs from their eyes.
Consume all my children,
and if I can’t have their love,
at least leave me admiration.

The sun hits me hard
like your confident face.
There’s a story, here, brewin’
that you might not like,
and it ends with a lack
of your god’s good grace.

Now I may have bit too hard,
or a bit haphazardly,
but all I truly want is to rest easy.

So skin me alive
and throw away my insides.
I’m a head in a jar.
I am camphor and turpentine.

And have you heard about this ‘cure-all remedy,’
that’s one part rattlesnake
and one part charlatan dream?
Now I may have bit too hard,
or a bit haphazardly,
but all I truly want is to rest easy.

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from Critters, released April 29, 2016

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