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The Monster

from Memories & Birds by Kenny Roby

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lyrics

The Monster

I don’t expect much from you, Jenny
Hell, you barely even know me
Oh just come with me
You'll see the craziest thing

Well I got this key from my Uncle Pete
To a secret door by the oak tree
It will open up, It comes creepin' up when it needs to eat
But it mostly sleeps

Nobody loves it
You're wastin' your time
Even God hates it
Can’t you read the signs
There’s no space for it
There's no place or time
It was born to die
So let it die there

It lays shakin' in a rotted log
Barely breathin' for the creeping dogs
Barely bleedin' but the scent is strong
And the fear of attack is harder than the act

Nobody loves it
You're wastin' your time
Even God hates it
Can’t you read the signs
There’s no space for it
There's no place or time
It was born to die
Don't let it die here

So I will hold its hand
I will take it to walk
I will talk to it
I will hold it soft
Like the river I will smooth the rock
And sooth its tears (don't listen to what they say)

Nobody loves it
You're wastin' your time
Even God hates it
Can’t you read the signs
There’s no space for it
There's no place or time
It was born to die
Don't let it die here

credits

from Memories & Birds, released April 2, 2013
Kenny Roby – vocals, electrics guitar, acoustic guitar, claps and snaps
Steve Grothmann – upright bass, claps and snaps
David Kim – drums
Matt Douglas – baritone saxophone, flute
Dave Wright – trombone, piano
Brevan Hampden – percussion, snare drum
Josh Starmer – cello
Andriana Markano – viola, violin
Justin Faircloth – clavinet, claps and snaps
Matt Faircloth – claps and snaps
Jason Merritt – electric piano
Caroline Mamoulides – background vocals
Caitlin Cary – background vocals
Lynn Blakey - Kenny Roby – vocals, electrics guitar, acoustic guitar, claps and snaps
Steve Grothmann – upright bass, claps and snaps
David Kim – drums
Matt Douglas – baritone saxophone, flute
Dave Wright – trombone, piano
Brevan Hampden – percussion, snare drum
Josh Starmer – cello
Andriana Markano – viola, violin
Justin Faircloth – clavinet, claps and snaps
Matt Faircloth – claps and snaps
Jason Merritt – electric piano
Caroline Mamoulides – background vocals
Caitlin Cary – background vocals
Lynn Blakey - background vocals

Produced by Jason Merritt and Kenny Roby

Recorded by Jason Merritt at Overdub Lane in Durham, NC and Underdub in Carrboro, NC

Additional recording by Kenny Roby

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Kenny Roby North Carolina

Founding member of 6 String Drag. Their 1997 album “High Hat” was released to national critical acclaim. (co-produced by Steve Earle and Ray Kennedy and released on Earle’s Warner Brothers imprint label E-Squared)
In 1998, Roby went solo and released three excellent but vastly different solo records: Mercury’s Blues, Rather Not Know, and The Mercy Filter. His new album Memories & Birds out 4/2/13.
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