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Blessings & Blasphemy

by Driftwood Soldier

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On the day The Rapture came I woke up lonely in my bed To the drumming of the rain on the roof above my head On her pillow was a note that said all she had to say It said, “I loved you as I could, but not enough to stay.” I should not have married a Christian woman Who’d leave me all alone I should not have married a Christian woman Who wouldn’t take me home with her On that day And the TV set still worked, cause the Devil likes the shows I watch The milk had all gone bad, so I poured myself a glass of scotch There were earthquakes in Japan, a hurricane somewhere down south Fire, floods, and fury, there was smoke inside my mouth I should not have married a Christian woman Better than I am I should not have married a Christian woman Who’d leave me with the Damned On that day So I went down to Charlie’s bar, where I spend my share of time The regulars had all stuck around and the jukebox still just cost a dime I grabbed a rack and cue, but nobody would play They said, “Boy, what’s wrong with you? Don’t you know we’ve all gotta settle up our tabs today?” Don’t you marry a Christian woman She’ll leave you when your bills are due Don’t you marry a Christian woman She’ll leave you sobered up and blue On that day And the church was fit to bursting with sinners were in the pews Some were drunk, all were thirsting for a little late Good News But the preacher’d been forsaken and he was screaming at Jesus Cause his good woman was taken, and he was left with us He should not have married a Christian woman (Who’d) leave his ass behind He should not have married a Christian woman Who’d run away with mine On that day And I hope that they’re happy, wherever they may be And I’m sure they love each other more than either one loved him or me Don’t you marry a Christian woman If you ain’t gonna treat her right Don’t you marry a Christian woman She’ll leave you in the night
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I was raised in the valley of the shadow of doubt Where the stone statues raise up their right hands and shout Be afraid to live longer than a woman can grieve And the cruel adulation of those who believe I traded that valley for the alleys of the East With their cruel cold white winters, and their cruel cold white police Tell them bodies, “Quit your piling up,” tell the newly bereaved “Indictment day is coming if you’ll only believe.” But them false prophets profiteer while them hypocrites breed Born again babes apreaching, but they don’t know how to read Show me two honest people and I’ll grant one reprieve To the one who says, “Forgive me Lord, I do not believe.” After I left, he took a half inch blade six times in the back And he bled out down by those MBTA tracks Like the marks that he’d hammered down under his sleeves And he never forgave all of them who believe But his Holy Ghost traced me all the way to 51st and Pine In his hand he held a tire iron and a half liter of wine Don’t let his duplicitous-Christ-mystic tricks fool or deceive Both hands hold a weapon that can make you believe But them false prophets profiteer while them hypocrites breed Born again babes apreaching, but they don’t know how to read Show me two honest people and I’ll grant one reprieve To the one who says, “Forgive me Lord, I do not believe.” Cause God’s glory is the story of a second rate still It’ll render you blind and against your own will You’ll hear your pride and ambition, get up and leave And you’ll never say nothing, and you’ll know you believe
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Blessings & Blasphemy is a split EP from Driftwood Soldier featuring reinterpreted gospel and anti-religious originals.

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released March 24, 2017

All songs arranged and performed by Driftwood Soldier
Driftwood Soldier is:
Owen Lyman-Schmidt: Vocals, Mandolin, Suitcase, License Plate
Bobby Szafranski: Bass Guitar, Bottle Caps

Writing credits vary and are specified in each track

Recorded and mixed by Kyle Pulley at The Headroom
Mastered by Jarrod Pedone at Electric Jelly Studio

Additional Instrumentation:
Matt Heckler: Fiddle on Wayfaring Stranger and Wake Up Sinners
Claire Duncombe: Backing Vocals on Wayfaring Stranger
Caitlin Quigley: Backing Vocals on Farther Along and David’s Lamentation and Wake Up Sinners
Sonia Williams: Backing Vocals on David’s Lamentation and Wake Up Sinners
Greg Caputo: Backing Vocals on Wake Up Sinners

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Driftwood Soldier Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Driftwood Soldier is no average mandolin-bass foot-stomping gutter-folk duo.

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