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Your Mama's Behind Bars Blues (with Dusty Drake)
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BOB DYLAN meets TOM PETTY, ERIC ANDERSEN, and WEIRD AL - in church.
Lex Zaleta is a talented and prolific songwriter from Pennsylvania who moved twelve hours nearer to Nashville in August of 2004. He has songs available in many genres: CHRISTIAN, COMEDY/NOVELTY, COUNTRY, COUNTRY ROCK, FOLK, FOLK ROCK, ROCK, and SPOKEN WORD. Mr. Jan Destner from Sweden has performed, produced, and recorded some of Lex's work: "Filling in for Jesus," "How Much Does It Cost to Be Free?," "The Great Gray Sky," "It's Daddy's War," "Walking Dead, "A Bedtime Prayer," and "Medusa's Wild (The Snake Eyes Song)." Kephas, an exceptional artist from Miami, has released a full album of Lex's "religious" songs titled LZ. King Arthur, a highly original talent from Phoenix, has released REX Z, and Bret Alexander of the Badlees has released two all-acoustic albums of Lex's work, THE PLEASURES THAT LAST and INTO MY LIFE. Lex's own albums include TAKE A GOOD LOOK, THE EDGE OF SOMEWHERE, THE CROP, LAST TOMORROW, FILLING IN FOR JESUS, THE "QUITE A HANDFUL" COMPILATION, TOUGH'S NOT ENOUGH, WHAT'S A GUY GOTTA DO?, SHADOW PEOPLE, THIS IS WHO I AM, STILL, ONE FROM EVERY ALBUM, ASKING FOR FOREVER, SAY SOMETHING IN POETRY, NO PLACE LIKE HOME, THE KEY, SIGNS AND WONDERS, SMALL TRACES OF TRUTH, FREE, TWO FROM SEVEN COMPILATION, THIS CUP, THIS IS WHO I AM: Volume Two, LEX'S LAUGH TRACKS, THE HOPIN' ROAD, TWENTY FROM TEN Compilation, STATE OF THE UNION, LEFT BEHIND, THIS IS WHO I AM: Volume Three, PLAYING THE GHOST, WRITTEN IN STONE, TWENTY FROM TEN Volume Two Compilation, I WANT TO BE THERE, EVERYMAN, QUIET IN THE COURTROOM, THE LAST, and MADE IN HEAVEN. All of these albums are distributed through Tunecore, CDBaby, and Indigoboom to the major online music stores like iTunes, eMusic, Rhapsody, AmazonMP3, Spotify, and Napster - or you may visit the Album Store at ... www.LexZaleta.com ...
Song Info
Genre
Country Country-Rock
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Peak #156
Peak in subgenre #28
Author
Lex Zaleta
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Lex Zaleta
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January 20, 2010
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MP3 8.2 MB 256 kbps 4:29
Story behind the song
Just reading a redneck biography under the family tree
Lyrics
YOUR MAMAa019S BEHIND BARS BLUES Your mamaa019s behind bars; Your step momma is too. Cana019t pass up those fancy cars When their keys are in plain view. Cana019t figure how they got caught; Dona019t know what did them in. Left their tools in the parking lot When they filed off that VIN. Yeah, your mama's behind bars; Most of your family's in there too. They hear you singing to the guards - The only song you can choose. Yeah, your mama's behind bars; Most of your family's in there too. They hear you strumming on your guitar, Playin' those your mama's behind bars blues. Daddya019s into Johnny Walker, Lock, stock, and barrel. Hea019s a weird midnight stalker Dressed in ladiesa019 apparel. Negative cash flowa019s the usual, Zero-balance checking account. He bypasses blue-light specials For those five-finger discounts. Yeah, your mama's behind bars; Most of your family's in there too. They hear you singing to the guards - The only song you can choose. Yeah, your mama's behind bars; Most of your family's in there too. They hear you strumming on your guitar, Playin' those your mama's behind bars blues. Pop Popa019s got somewhere around A thousand people under him, Filed in neat rows underground In the cemetery system. I think you have to admit He's one of the good ole boys, Working that sad graveyard shift And saying he's self-employed. Yeah, your mama's behind bars; Most of your family's in there too. They hear you singing to the guards - The only song you can choose. Yeah, your mama's behind bars; Most of your family's in there too. They hear you strumming on your guitar, Playin' those your mama's behind bars blues. You sign the visitorsa019 log With a big a01CXa01D for your name. They ask, a01CHowa019s the wife and dog?a01D You say, a01CTheya019re one and the same.a01D Not sure how far you can stray from Your felonious family tree. It takes all you've got and then some To stay clean and stay free. Yeah, your mama's behind bars; Most of your family's in there too. They hear you singing to the guards - The only song you can choose. Yeah, your mama's behind bars; Most of your family's in there too. They hear you strumming on your guitar, Playin' those your mama's behind bars blues. Copyright © 2009 Lex Zaleta
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