Sumner Nocturne

from The Twelve Hundred Custom EP by scrub jays

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What happens when you kill a man?
Does his soul hover round you, plotting vengeance and wrath?
Or is it an experience much more mundane?
Does he wail out a haunting refrain?

Pat Garrett must’ve thought of that,
When he pulled on the trigger, left you flat on your back.
Paulita was a’ watchin, must’ve killed that girl too,
Just to see your warm body turn blue.

Oh Bill McCarty, why did you die,
On a hot and lonely New Mexico night?
Did you even get a chance to tell Paulita goodbye?
With your last breath did you whisper out her sweet name?
Paulita, no me olvides…

Bound and shackled in the Lincoln jail,
There was nothing to do but scratch your name in the rail.
One day from the gallows, but she tossed you a line.
That woman came through right on time.

Shot Jimmy going up the stairs,
Grabbed his 10-guage and waited, you caught Bob unaware.
Stole a horse and met Paulita at the Maxwell estate,
Arriving not a minute too late.

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from The Twelve Hundred Custom EP, released April 8, 2015

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scrub jays Corvallis, Oregon

Songs inspired by the many various traditions of american music, blending regional influences in a mash-up of familiar styles that captures the songwriter's own experiences living in beautiful Cascadia - and beyond.

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