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[chorus]
Pay the piper twice, keep it on the sly
He can take you on a tour of the other side
There are so many things wondrous to see
The afterlife is the life for me
[verse 1]
I was wandering around purgatory, a lonesome desert plain
There were people paying for their sins and crying out in pain
Until I found a secret cave with cherubs brewing beer
The cries of pain and agony turned to dancing and to cheer
There were devils drinking whiskey, there were angels getting high
I dig the after life
[verse 2]
I hitched a ride to heaven; I snuck passed the pearly gates
Nobody said a thing but they all were acting strange
I saw Mahatma Ghandi shooting dice with Joan of Arc
I went to introduce myself but then the sky turned dark
She drew her sword from her side and said I know you well
You came in with the piper, now you got to go to hell
[verse 3]
I fell down from Heaven and landed in the fiery lake
I said hey Beelzebub, this must be a mistake
He stood up from his throne, took a swig of boiling blood
Laid out a tome, and it opened with a thud
He looked into his list, he said you haven’t even died
He kicked me in my ass and then I landed back alive
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I 95 Blues
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Driving up and down I-95
Doing what I do to stay alive
Boss man tells me where I got to be
He knows I ain’t never been caught by the police
You say that you need it in ten hours time
The way I roll, I’ll get it in nine
Give me that package tell me where to go
Don’t tell me what’s in it, I don’t wanna know
I’m here to make money ain’t here to make friends
So give me the goods and let me spin
I head out and make the drop real quick
Everybody knows that I ain’t a snitch
Copper, copper, copper don’t you hit the lights
You don’t need this trouble tonight
Cause I ain’t goin’ peacefully
You ain’t ever met the likes of me
I keep my cool he pulls right past
I wasn’t built for speed, but I’m built to last
I got a little woman and she keeps me warm
From the late night till the early morn
She don’t ask and I don’t tell
That suits our relationship well
I know I wasn’t born an honest man
But my baby, she understands
I ain’t bad, and I ain’t mean
I do what I do to get the green
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Jeremy Joyce New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans couldn’t offer a more appropriate musical backdrop for Jeremy Joyce, whose genre-defying songs are born out of Jeremy’s macro-level interest in music history and his micro-level interest in what makes songs tick.
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