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El Corrido del Borracho (10th Anniversary Edition)

from Carpenter Bird: Revisited (10th Anniversary Edition) by David Wax Museum

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Nursing a Negro Modelo
I look across the plaza to the church
Battered by rain and neglect
Its eight bells like stout pigeons perched

It’s late evening but muggy
And from the balcony I can almost touch
The fat electric wires
Through which I hear the current rush

The beer is warm and sour
But it cost me less than a dollar
Kate comes out to see me
I remember when I first saw her

I pictured us in Tampico
In a hammock on the beach
But I quickly realized
She’s as self-centered as me

I’m sufficiently reticent
To drive her back into the bar
The police below are busy
Harassing each passing car

Then a man on a bike
Turns the corner below, falls flat
Not even sticking a foot out
And the police get a good laugh

The man stumbles up
Throw his leg over the bike
Then he stares up at me
And he’s drunk, all right

But his look is steady, serious, and has a dark pull
That makes me feel complicit in something terrible
Though I’m not sure what or why
And in this huge, awful moment his eyes
Two fat spiders crawl inside me and leave their eggs

I return to the bar
For another beer
Ask Kate to dance
And hold her near

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from Carpenter Bird: Revisited (10th Anniversary Edition), released July 3, 2020

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Pioneering indie folk musicians David Wax and Suz Slezak are the plucky husband-wife duo behind the eclectic, exuberant “Mexo-Americana” band David Wax Museum based in Charlottesville, VA. First reaching national acclaim with a show-stopping debut at the Newport Folk Festival, the band has built a reputation around energetic, heartfelt live shows and sonically adventurous albums. ... more

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