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Marietta

from DISTANT by Stripmall Ballads

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Mary, Mrs. James, how much has really changed? / the river men still taste the same / salt in their sweat / and sweet in the rain
There’s nothing going on / on the banks of the river / somewhere between / alone and together / oh, Marietta, will you ever come find me? / there’s nothing wrong with a sinner saying please

I’ve been out with the night fishermen / and the women all wearing Harley-Davidson / whose arms and legs are made of Virginia Slims
There’s something going on / on the banks of the river / oh, Marietta, will you ever / come find me down by the river bank? / there’s nothing wrong with a sinner giving thanks

The railroad boys are setting off fireworks / and those redhead girls got all the percs / can’t recall their names / but we laughed till it hurt
There’s nothing going on / but there’s something going on / oh, Marietta

(written with Morris Paul Lippens)

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from DISTANT, released February 15, 2020

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Stripmall Ballads Maryland

Stripmall Ballads (Phillips Saylor Wisor) is outsider folk music from the odd state of Maryland, USA.

Since 2002, Wisor has been an active figure in the folk underground as half of the widely celebrated old-time group The Shiftless Rounders or as the touring banjoist with IBMA award-winning King Wilkie.
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