In Maricopa, Arizona, Orion hangs so low it seems
I could pull down his belt and hang myself like David Carradine.
The sheriff's got the reputation as the meanest one around.
He comes from Springfield, Massachussetts but he's damn sure local now.
He's got the women all in chain gangs, and Mexicans in tents.
In Maricopa, that's enough to win him fifty-six per-cent.
Get down.
We all drink whiskey and tequila at the old corner saloon,
but there ain't enough liquor to get her lips to move.
And when the wind comes whipping 'round, the guilt all flies up with the dust.
The shit in attics and in cupboards and padlocked dirty drunks.
Nobody asks in Maricopa, because nobody wants to know.
El Chupacabra just retired to the house on down the road.
Now, get down.
Them unmarked vans speed down the highway down on Route 141,
but just like Icarus before them, they ain't no match for the sun.
And when the chaplain comes to visit with his oil and his cough,
there's no-one left in Maricopa with the cash to pay him off.
All the machinery's blown over, the trains are off the tracks,
Maricopa came from dust and Maricopa's going back.
Now, get down.
credits
from Chivalry Is Dead,
released May 1, 2012
Guitar, vocals: Ryan Morgan
Bass: Brandon Wilde
iPad, Melodica: E.W. Harris
Slide guitar: Manquillan Minniefee
Drums: Justin Storer
Additional percussion: Casey Black
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