Whiskey Willie

from 40 Years of Our Family by Japonize Elephants

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lyrics

He's got good whiskey
we'll drink him dry.
Drink him t the bottom
of the great divine.

He's got good whiskey
now I wouldn't lie.
Tilt the bottle up and
drink it down will he die?

woohooooooo
He's got whiskey

He worked in a freezer
it chilled him to the bone.
He tried all night to please her,
she were colder than a stone.

Pokin' at those ice cubes
with an ice pick you might think,
but the things that he are freezing
that's the pelts of oily mink.

woohooooooo
He's got whiskey

You can kill a man for cheatin'
you can kill him for his shoes.
But expect to get a beatin'
if yer reachin' for his booze.
Willie stood to shoot a man
but slipped and broke a bone.
The barkeep had good whisky
but Willy brought his own...

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from 40 Years of Our Family, released January 1, 2003

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Japonize Elephants San Francisco, California

This eclectic ensemble plays its own brand of well-honed “hardcore-gypsy-circusgrass-pirate-clown madness.” The Japonize Elephants have arrived at their totally unique sound through the use of innovative arranging techniques using an extremely varied instrumentation featuring glockenspiel, junk percussion, vibraphone, accordion, guitar, bass, flute, saxophones, trumpet, violin, banjo, and vocals. ... more