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Track 7

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VIOLA

Viola Viola violets turn brown
Who was the poor outlaw that has dragged you down
He held you and dealt you and then he was gone
Viola Viola you were done wrong

Viola Viola violins won't sing
Your paintings are fading in stacks on the street
The tones and the colors are puddles at my feet
But lady sad lady who sleeps with the hounds
Viola Viola you will be done wrong

Viola I know the passed year has been hard
I've sung at your temples I've slept in your bars
I've seen the Jack dance with the Queen in your cards
I gave you my hand and you dropped to the ground
Viola Viola I did nothing wrong

Viola Viola please don't make a sound
For that poor outlaw is back in your town
He walks with a swagger and whistles this song
Viola Viola it was me all along

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from Famous Anonymous Wilderness, released September 2, 2003
Graham Lindsey - vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
Joel Hamilton - upright bass
M.B. Gordy - drums

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Known for the dark, raw, stripped-down approach he takes to American roots and folk, Graham Lindsey's music has been said to fall somewhere in the middle of Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, and 'if Gillian Welch had a male counterpart,' while following in the traditions of Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly. But, it does so with plenty of his own punk rock sensibilities in tact.

Photo Credit: Nicole Wickens
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