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lyrics

Paper Outlaw

Phinias Philistine Pratt was a Phrenologist of note
He tipped his tall top hat to ride the tails of his coat.
In lecture halls and fancy balls and studious reviews
His dilligence rewarded as was right and just and true

There weren't much market for his trade since the crash of '29
the meritous man went strapped for cash though his skull be shaped refined
looked he with envy at his younger brother, the family cad
who lived at ease through grift and gun and good ol' smash 'n' grab

If a lesser man could do it so could he
But them lesser type of men just don't agree
You either got it or you don't boy
don't you pony up and choke boy
cause a master outlaw ain't no
paper degree

Well Phin as he now called himself got a nice new pair of irons
and a fancy new gettaway car with the latest chasin' tires
he walked and talked with swagger in his step and in his head
as this he knew was what was done in the circles he now tread

Younger brother found his new partner in crime an albatross
for to shootin straight and drivin fast this pinhead was a loss
and he had not heart to pick apart a rube with just one look
this way of life was not his art nor a science in a book

Chorus

Well Phin, not one to be outdone, set to working twice as hard
learning other master's secrets from their table talk at cards
his keen and driven mind put forth to gain ascendancy
he set his younger brother up to fall through guile and subtlety

While the younger lad was locked away old Phinnie had a time
of starting his own outlaw gang and promoting it in crime
but his own ineptness left his newfound lackies unimpressed
so they sprung the younger, and brother, they left Phin's skull a bloody mess.

Chorus

Well the younger lad stood over Mr. Phinneus Philistine P
and advised him to return to his studious life of drugery
for if he didn't do what God meant him for he may well wind up dead
saying "horn in on my racket anymore and I'll count bumps on your head!"

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from Where The Heather Don't Grow, released April 1, 2008

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