Lyrics for "Council Bluffs" print close
From the CD - Banjaxed
By Alex McMurray

I like walking
what a way for a man to get around
aching and shaking the dust from my shoes

I got a girl
except she don't know about me
she itches and twitches
and bottles up on the sly
I’m playing a fool’s game
my oh my

I’m on an effortless binge
don't the springtime feel good to you
like you’re kicking it in your jewel suit
with the dimes on the fringe
I’m on an effortless binge
I got the goods in my pocket
I got my love in a locket
I’m gonna fly off this hinge

I’ve been missing
buddy long since before that old war
rovin and ramblin from town to town
you take a job
you find yourself your favorite hole
you dance like the school boy
who paid for the kisses he stole
while all of the men folk are down digging coal

Chorus

it’s a family reunion
just her, me and old grand dad
if I wasn’t feeling so good
I’d be feeling so bad

I fell in love
yeah there’s lots worse mistakes to be made
the curse of the drunkard
that don’t know his heart
I’ll settle up
she comes in at a quarter to ten
the lady she’s taken
and I’m only faking again
and there’s a new bender waiting
around the next bend

I’m on an effortless binge
don’t the springtime feel good to you
like you’re kicking it in your jewel suit
with the dimes on the fringe
I’m on an effortless binge
I got the goods in my pocket
either way I’m gonna rock it
Im gonna fly off this hinge

I’m on an effortless binge