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4 Men Snore

from The Fire's Fine by Bottle Of Sound

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Four Men Snore
by Ken Bewick

There are four men waiting, there are four men asleep
Out by the pasture, out past the sheep
They wait by the cistern, or out by the barn
Under the hot sun, and under the stars
Then their mother comes
And grandmother comes
And uncle Fred comes
The minister comes
They get on a boat that's headed for home
All of these people, they row and they row
Yet they never wake up
Those four men
They wait and they wait
They'll wait yet again

There are four men waiting, four men all snore
Out by the fish pond, out past the store
Their hair is still growing, their hair's getting long
Their long hair is flowing out over the pond
Then their brother comes
And then the head nun
And grandfather comes
All their friends come
And they get on a boat that's heading for home
All of these people, they row and they row
But they'll never wake up
Those four men
They wait and they wait
They'll wait yet again

Someone in the front keeps repeating
I still don't understand what you said
I can't hear for everyone sleeping
And twitching all their legs in their bed
It could have been instead of just talking
He might have slapped an oar on their heads
Four men sore their way to shore
They might as well have been dead

There are four men waiting, four men lay low
They've got some answers and we wanna know
Their faces look placid, they're catching the sun
How will we wake them? What can be done?
Then the weatherman comes
And then the bass drum
The marching band comes
Yeah, everyone comes
And they get on a boat that's heading for home
All of these people, they row and they row
But they never wake up
Those four men
They wait and they wait
They'll wait yet again
Yeah, they never wake up
Those four men
They'll wait and they wait
But they'll never wake up
Yeah they'll never wake up
Those four men

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from The Fire's Fine, released June 12, 2017

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Bottle Of Sound Seattle, Washington

The lifelong project of Josh LaBelle and Ken Bewick, joined along the way by the great Johnny Bregar, the Incredible Michael Enos, and other friends.
Bewick and LaBelle have been recording and playing together for nearly 40 years.
Experiments in folk, indie rock, and whatever sticks to the wall.
Bregar has glued it all together. ... more

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