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This 1st Vinyl Pressing is a limited edition of 500, pressed on 12", 180 Gram Vinyl. The custom printed jacket features cover photography by Jay Frederick, and the custom printed sleeve contains full lyrics & album credits.
AND every vinyl purchase comes with a free, high quality digital download of "Little John," which includes the bonus song: "When I Think of Home." Download in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
The CD is not dead. Oh no, not by a long shot. My Sony Discman (circa 2000) is still spinning away.
The CD version of "Little John the Conqueror" features the same beautiful cover art as on the vinyl. Also, the CD contains the additional "bonus" track, "When I Think of Home."
And for your digital needs, each CD purchased comes with an immediate free download of the full 11-track album.
Includes unlimited streaming of Little John the Conqueror
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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lyrics
It’s 2 a.m. and the castle is empty.
The road’s a bit rough, but my feet don’t mind.
We’re miles away from the morning light.
There’s a cold war playing on my radio.
I’ve got a one-track mind, I think we’re two of a kind.
I wanna see your hair fall down.
I’m gonna show you a real good time tonight.
I’m the King of Uglytown.
Now, it’s Autumn time down in Uglytown.
The eiderdown unfolds.
All the crows are speaking in the branches,
In the backward bloom of Autumn’s gold,
The night comes early and the soldiers of fortune
Are standing on the corner of Hard Luck and Chance.
I broke the bank, I fixed myself up nice.
I’m the King of Uglytown.
Pennies on the dollar, and the dollar’s on every single mind.
We wear our fevers on our sleeve down here in Caroline.
It’s the fool and his money, the king and his crown.
We shoot ‘em all up and we drink ‘em all down, down, down.
Down here in Uglytown.
Uncle Sam is hurling rockets at the Moon.
There’s holes in my pockets, I’m as crazy as a loon.
It’s plain as day, yeah it’s come what may,
Down here in Uglytown.
While little baby Jake drinks the government milk,
His mother runs around in some hand-me-down silk.
It’s honey and salt, it’s nobody’s fault,
Down here in Uglytown.
Pennies on the dollar, and the dollar’s on every single mind.
We wear our fevers on our sleeve down here in Caroline.
It’s the fool and his money, the king and his crown.
We shoot it all up and we drink it all down, down, down.
Down here in Uglytown.
*for Bobby, Darlene & baby Jake (who is in my nightly prayers forever)
credits
from Little John the Conqueror,
track released June 4, 2011
John DeLore (guitars, harmonica, vocals)
John Bettencourt (bass)
Doran Danoff (piano, vocals)
Jay Frederick (drums & percussion)
Rich Hinman (pedal steel)
Steve Lewis (guitars, vocals)
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