
Date of issue: 13.01.2013
Record label: Rhino Entertainment Company
Song language: English
Maddox Table |
The legs of maddox kitchen tables |
My whole life I twisted on a lathe |
In a foreman’s torrent |
My first english was |
«faster boy if you want your pay» |
Barking commands |
Loud and simple |
We could all obey |
Then i was forever pulling slivers |
Rubbed the sawdust always |
Deeper in my eye |
Varnish vapor that could linger |
On my skin |
It held tight |
The whine of spinning blades |
Still echoes to bother my sleep at night |
See that oxen |
Stamped dead center |
On the letter head of the company mail |
For decades, a spitting image |
Of the animal, I portrayed |
At maddox table a yoke was carved |
For my neck |
Sun through the window oil spattered |
And in mason jars |
Tricked plenty seeds to thrive |
The standing joke |
Around the shop |
Was with my green thumb |
Anything’d grow |
My part was to laugh |
Show an ornery jig had |
Cut it at the knuckle bone |
See that oxen |
Trade mark burned |
Into every stick of furniture |
From horn to tail |
For decades, a spitting image |
Of the animal, I portrayed |
At maddox table a yoke was carved |
For my neck |
Was tailor made |
Oh, my Dolly was a weak |
Not a burdened girl |
Treat her to a piece of vaudeville |
A Wintergarden moving picture show |
Bemus Point on July Sundays |
By trolley we’d go |
To your benefit we’ll strike a bargain |
With the waving fist of a union man |
Not just for |
Smokes |
Spirits |
Candy and cologne |
But for |
Automobile keys |
Cash in the bank |
And the deed |
On a place called home |
Name | Year |
---|---|
Because the Night | 1993 |
Candy Everybody Wants | 2004 |
More Than This | 1996 |
Rainy Day | 1996 |
These Are Days | 2004 |
Like the Weather | 2004 |
Trouble Me | 2004 |
Gun Shy | 2013 |
Hey Jack Kerouac | 2004 |
What's the Matter Here? | 2004 |
I'm Not the Man | 2013 |
Don't Talk | 2004 |
My Sister Rose | 2013 |
Verdi Cries | 2004 |
Cherry Tree | 2013 |
A Campfire Song | 2013 |
Noah's Dove | 2013 |
Eat for Two | 2004 |
The Painted Desert | 2013 |
My Mother the War | 1990 |