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A 'caped king' of the genre, finding a younger model yet, she seems to have the better of him.The ghost of Dewey Phillips may still inhabit a room at the former Chisca Hotel,where he still broadcasts to the willing ear.Fantasy and otherwise,Steel-man Stan,The Feather-man,Geraldo Leigh,Harry Fritzus ,Mr Tippler,Lanskey's,Wild Bill and The Swamp Fox is still on 'unlicensed patrol'.

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She was pulling corn in Mississippi but now
She's driving my Stutz BLack Hawk (rpt)
Dancing with the Ghost of Dewy Phillips at the Chisca Mezzanine floor

My sweet Dilly at The Skyway,yet I felt I had her her under-wraps
Took my eye off the prize and kinda slipped off track
She found out at Wild Bill's at poured her Chitlins all down my back

Now it's mud pie baby,ankles high
She's right with the bluff
She's calling it
She's really got the measure of me

Got your threads back on the drip
Lawdy Mr Tippler put me back on-shift

I'm stranded on Lamar without my Gold-caped tooth
She said ditch the medleys
And get Sugar-Foot back into the group
Relay Harry Fritzus & cut me out of my gold lame shell suit

Now it's Geraldo Leigh's straight fingers on the Piano keys
Come what may, they really make a mess of me
Steel-man Stan defrosting the Feather-man
She was pulling corn in Mississippi but she's making other plans

The Ol' Swamp Fox is on unlicensed patrol
Mud Pie foiled around a crawdad hole
Found a flock of my scarves back at that thrift store

She ran amok in my golf kart done tore up my lawn
I found sanctuary in the back-house
But the prescription is still in the Kitchen draw

I need a decoy Cape Charlie and brother
That ain't all
Pulling corn
Way down in Mississippi
Dad-gum

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from Simon Ford Pumping Piano E​.​P, released July 18, 2020
All music & lyrics by Simon Ford

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Simon Ford UK

I am now based in South West of England.Still writing new material.My compositions are usually Piano based, and putting the roll back into the Rock!I write lyrics that can be a little impenetrable but tempered with self-deprecation,self-defence and self-serving.My Birmingham roots are present on the track ‘Plankton( find solace)’.Hoping you will enjoy the music I have uploaded on ‘bandcamp’. ... more

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