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Very Much Like 3/10 of Torquemada's Blues
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The title is self-explanatory.
alternative acoustic folk antifolk female vocal 12 string hippie jangly
folk, acoustic, hippie, anti-folk, alternative, jangly, singer-songwriter, weird chords
Paper Cats is a lover's duo. We range through folk and anti-folk to rougher electrified rock and blues; Chris plays guitars--six string, twelve string, classical acoustic, electric, you name it--and Lauren mostly sings. Some of our work is Chris's solo guitar composition, some Lauren's solo ballads, but increasingly our work is collaborative, usually with Chris writing guitar parts and Lauren writing vocal parts. We are enjoying ourselves immensely.
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#14,679 today Peak #219
#1,906 in subgenre Peak #44
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Byerly/Nagel
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Byerly/Nagel 2006
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July 03, 2006
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MP3 3.5 MB 128 kbps 3:02
Story behind the song
Chris wrote the music, in part, because he knew it would bug his friend Jim. Which it did. A lot. It sounded a bit torturous, and thinking of song titles like "Some of Shelly's Blues" and "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" brought about the mouthful of a title this currently has--it's nicknamed, affectionately, "Torquemada." Lauren wrote the lyrics in a nasty kind of mood. Just remember, it is, in the end, fiction. It was meant to be a genuinely nasty-spirited song, and it is, she is ashamed to admit, kind've raunchy-fun to sing.
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Hear your howlin' awful sound When did I lose the high ground? Cryin' "Woe is, "woe is me" Cry all you want, you shoulda' let me be. Play the villain if I if I gotta' And I'm feelin' like Torquemada If you push me, now, you know I'll put you down Not my fault you wound up on the ground Y'r skinned knees ain't nothin' to broken bones Catching shit ain't nothin' to being stoned. But I'll gather stones if I gotta' Oh, I'm feelin' like Torquemada Holdin' out on feelin' too low, for a while Least 'til I can do somethin' real vile I think I could break your heart Maybe limb by limb, I could pull you apart Give me one excuse and I'll think I oughta' 'cause I'm feelin' like Torquemada I've kept a steady hand and a pretty cool mind but I'm losing patience with being so kind All you need to do is confess your sin And I might just leave you with mosta your skin But I'll be your villain if I if I gotta' Yeah, I'm feelin' like Torquemada
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