DESCRIPTION:
Born With A Tail is track 2 on Born With A Tail.
Rolling Machine Records, 2003.

"Darlin, I was born with a tail." That's my only pick-up line
I could show you my first scars where they cut it off my spine
Doctors called it a miracle but my mother wasn't so enthused
She never said a word to nobody and she kept it out of the news

Well, I've been searching all my life for the reason why
I walk a crooked path and I blaze an ugly trail
Nobody will tell me why in the hell
I was born with a tail

My mother is only a few years older than her only son
When I asked about my father, she said, "Don't worry about him none."
I didn't worry 'till I got to be her age when I was born
That's when my face broke out with acne and my scalp broke out with horns

Well, I've been searching all my life for the reason why
I got the skin of a snake and the cold heart of a snail
Nobody will tell me why in the hell
I was born with a tail

She didn't buy my first shoes at Walmart clearance sales
She bought them down at the stable and they put them on with nails
All the kids at the grade school stared at me like I was more than a little weird
'Cause I showed up every morning with a freshly shaven beard

Well, I've been searching all my life for the reason why
My blood's as black as the backwash in the holy grail
Nobody will tell me why in the hell
I was born with a tail

So I've been playing my guitar thinking of the dad that I've never known
Some old black man told me I might find him down at the crossroads
So I spend my lonely days sitting in this lonely bar
Thinking of my long lost father and showing off these scars

Well, I've been searching all my life for the reason why
So far in my search I have failed
Nobody will tell me why in the hell
I was born with a tail
(Lyrics by Hugh DeNeal)

WBG:
Hugh DeNeal
Alex Kirt
Brian DeNeal
Ratliff Dean Thiebaud
Pete McRaven
Chad Shaffer

Guest musicians:
Randy Crouch - fiddle & pedal steel
Julie Sommer - vocals
Kevin Kozol - piano
Sam Boss - mandolin

Produced by WBG & Mike Lescelius.
Engineered by Mike Lescelius.
Mixed by Mike Lescelius, Pete McRaven & WBG.
Recorded, mixed & mastered at Misunderstudio, Murphysboro, IL.
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Mastered by Pete McRaven.
Front cover illustration by Allen Jaeger

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