"Beauty's Bones" genre: Alternative General
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	Ghostly jump-jive murder story
	MP3.com CD: Lost In California - buy it! CD: Lost In California   Label: Stolen Hat Records Credits: Copyright 2003, Gentry Bronson
	Story Behind the Song "Beauty's Bones" is the story of a Beauty, a street-smart woman who falls in love with the beautiful Mandy Moans-in-the-Morning. One night, Beauty finds Mandy with a man and the love story gets complicated. I was asked by a good friend of mine to write some songs and accompany her at The Lexington Club, a well-known lesbian bar in San Francisco. The character of Beauty is loosely based on her. I first performed the song solo at The Lexington Club following a very late night and morning, and I forgot all the words and ended it in some ridiculous pounding flourish. Lyrics 1 I'll tell you all the story of Beauty A long-legged high-heeled lady She ruled the streets like she was a queen She was hot and black and mean Beauty fell in love with a girl Who was white like a string-of-pearls Her name was Mandy Moans-in-the-Morning She was a curse and she was a blessing Chorus Well I ain't no demon sister But I ain't no angel too Before you can walk on me I'm gonna walk out the door on you 2 Late one night at The Blue Dog Full of whiskey and beer and gin Beauty saw her lover Mandy Dancing with a beast of a man She said, "Papa get your hands off my baby Papa get your hands off my girl Papa you better be careful Or I'll take you out of this world" C Section Beauty drew a gun from her thigh There was a struggle and there was a fight There was a shot and a puddle of blood And a man laying there on the rug 3 That was the end of Beauty A long-legged high-heeled lady Her body was hung from an oak tree When the sun went down on Sunday They dug up Beauty's bones And put them on display But bones don’t sing and bones don’t dance And now we're ugly here everyday

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