The Hen Sampler

by Hen of the Woods

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Mel - Vocals, Guitar
Christine - Vocals, Keys, Accordion
Roseann - Vocals, Bass
Jay - Drums

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released 14 February 2012
All songs written by Hen of the Woods.
Recorded by D. Wilson, Frederick, MD.

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Think about a game of croquet in the backyard on a balmy July evening. Or a mouthful of salt n vinegar chips. Or sharpened pencils. Or wool socks and old subarus... That's kind of what Hen of the Woods is like.

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Track Name: Takeover
Made your bed and called it the last time
Shredded all your letters so I could find my straight mind
Want to take this over cause I need to make it right
I drive across town in the middle of the night

Want to take this over cause I need to make it right
Want to take this over cause I need to make it right

Drive across town in the middle of the night
Drive across town in the middle of the night
Drive across town in the middle of the night

Curl my nails to call you over
I’ve got to find a four leaf clover
Want to take this over cause I need to make it right
I drive across town in the middle of the night

Want to take this over cause I need to make it right
Want to take this over cause I need to make it right

Drive across town in the middle of the night
Drive across town in the middle of the night
Drive across town in the middle of the night
Track Name: Brain and Heart of Gold
Baby’s got a brain and heart of gold
Put it in the oven until I’m old
When I go to bed and dream at night
Think of all the things that I just might

Baby’s got a brain and heart of gold
Mixed with a sweet touch of death I’m told
In the back of the cupboard there’s a raven’s nest
With spiders on the outside of its barren chest

Bukkah White’s got a grave of rust and mold
Taller than a tower or tree I’m told
Wish I could play that guitar like he might
And ruin all the others in the daytime light
Track Name: City Life
Living in the free space that we’re given (the city life)
Pick another apple make American Pie
Lawn chair marks your driveway, the music of the highway (the city life)
I cannot tell a lie I got three cars and only one is mine

I, I like the city life
I, I like the city life

Why do we complain, why don’t we change
I don’t know the reason just the refrain
I like hip hop the beat box Iggy Pop can’t stop I won’t stop

Eight tracks and reel to reels big brown speakers record deals (the city life)
Beta casette or VHS, which one do you like the best (the city life)
Gold lame and mustache wax, which one of you has got my back (the city life)
I like corduroy, you like jeans, you know what designer means (the city life)
Track Name: Beer and Ammo
Went back to a distant branch of the family the whole estate
I have to go now we are going down town

To post our letters and buy beer and more ammo
Don’t worry about anything we’re fine

Tonight it’s my turn to sleep underneath the great expanse
of tiny lights they call stars

There’s no other place where I can find them
I have to show you this man I call my madman sometime