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the lord of pipestone

from let me drive by Everything in Pen

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lyrics

I've been traveling all morning on this border
between dakota, minnesota and nowhere
and the people everywhere, they seem so friendly
and I think it helps I look a lot like them

support our troops magnetic stickers on all their cars
homemade bible-quoting billboards in their yards
so in case I ever think I could forget
I know that the wages of sin is always death

and if jesus really is the lord of pipestone
he won't wanna be hanging around the likes of me
so I pray to god I don't die in this place
where church-going folks say there's no space for me
up in heaven
and I've got a shot in hell

well, lord knows I drink and curse
lord knows I've told some lies
but he likes me anyway and he don't want me to hide
so all you placard-writing residents
telling me what's wrong and right
yes my mother had me
but that don't mean that she's pro-life

and if jesus really is the lord of pipestone
he won't wanna be hanging around the likes of me
so I pray to go I don't die in this place
where church-going folks say there's no space for me
up in heaven
and I've got a shot in hell

credits

from let me drive, released April 30, 2010
patrick: guitar, bass, banjo
melanie: backing vocals
elizabeth: spiral binder and mechanical pencil

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Combining the pop sensibility of Big Star and narrative observations of Jonathan Richman and Aimee Mann, Everything in Pen’s songs cover many topics---war criminals, sexism, and Dave Eggers--through her unique lens as an obsessive reader. She sings the things you won’t say aloud, of the foolishness, the hopefulness and the almost unbearable humanness of us all. ... more

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