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Acme Thunderer

from Shrug by The Henrys

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lyrics

Acme Thunderer

That’s how the kids were called
down from the hills in fall
and when the group was finely dressed, in the clothes she pressed
they were gone

why does the sparrow fight
its reflection all day and night
there’s little chance to find a truth, in that photo booth
they move on

there may have been a different world
like the hills of Tennessee before the war
where this was all they’d ever need
they could run and swim and sleep on some dirt floor

but how those fat wheels can turn
on a dime as their tires burn
she wanted them to hold the course, til she broke the horse
then let go


now pantheism give me time
I want to taste your homemade wine
I’ve been a poor receptacle, I was skeptical
now I’m fine

great forces were brought to bear
on these people in their prime
and wind that whipped up chimney soot
spread it far across the rolling hills of time

with kids out there now I’m home
hovering like an early-issue drone
to be honest I’m absolved by now, of my faults somehow
this chair’s a throne
I’ve been a poor receptacle, I was skeptical
now I’m home

credits

from Shrug, released April 7, 2022
music, lyrics, guitars, vocals - Don Rooke
vocals, pump organ - Maggie Keogh
bass, pump organ - Paul Pasmore
drums, percussion - Davide DiRenzo
mix and master - Nik Tjelios
photo - DR

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The Henrys Toronto, Ontario

Toronto Star:

"Old instruments, new sounds’ is the way Rooke describes what The Henrys do - they extract from a resonator guitar and other plucked acoustic instruments the harmonics, overtones and oblique noises behind the rustic notes to create landscapes that are aston­ishingly romantic, frightening, sexual, spiritual - and quite beautiful. Brave new music." ... more

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