"The Whore of Babylon" genre: Alternative Country
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	Jezebel! Whore of Babylon! A country ballad in 3. "She had eyes of blue, lips of red, hair of gold and a big old...." You'll have to listen and see!
	CD: Summit Climb   Label: Hunny Nut Studios Credits: Jeff Engholm, lyrics, music, guitar, vocals; The Shake-a-Hamster Band: Muggsy Lauer, guitar, vocals; Ted Chopp, bass, vocals; Scott Stebbing, bass; Dean Severson, pedal steel guitar
	Story Behind the Song This song began as my first experiment with multitrack harmonies. Only the first first existed, and I liked it so much, I stayed up at a local greasy spoon and wrote the rest. The Shake A Hamster band (see www.kvsc.org -in which I play trombone) performed it beautifully. Inspired by the Tom Robbins novel, "Skinny Legs and All." Lyrics I went to the mountain with money and time. I sat by the river and drank me some wine. I put out my pan and I sifted for gold with a cheer on my face as the summer grew old. I stayed on that mountain till the river ran dry. My pockets were empty and a tear in my eye. The wind started howlin, the snifter grew cold. Thats when I met the whore of babylon and gave her my soul. She had eyes of blue, lips of red, hair of gold, and a big old brass bed. I should have run while I could but I stayed, what the hell. She said I am the Whore of Babylon, but you can call me Jezebel. I came off that mountiain, I cursed and I swore. I asked her to spare me, but I begged her for more. My eyes are as empty as the mountain is old, cause when I met the Whore of Babylon, salvation was sold. She had eyes of blue, lips of red, hair of gold, and a big old brass bed. I should have run while I could but I stayed, what the hell. She said I am the Whore of Babylon, but you can call me Jezebel. ©1999 Jeffrey R. Engholm

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