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Hallelujah Anyhow
(words & music by John Kimsey / John Kimsey Tunes, ASCAP)

If I owned this town and hell
I would rent out the town and I would live in hell
And if you gave me I said well oh well
‘Bout a dollar forty seven for my soul I’d sell
Down at the Crossroads Cocktail Lounge
I overheard the hellhound saying to the sacred cow
Takes one to know one anyway here’s to ya
Hallelujah anyhow

Spin out the east, spin out to the west
Spin out at the wheel -- who dealt this mess?
Pump fake to the left then swing to the right
Let your head hang down in unforgiving light
Down at the Brass Rail Monkey Bar
I swear I saw the hellhound dancing with the sacred cow
Then they lit out for parts unknown or was it Pascagoula
Hallelujah any

How many times
Yes and how many roads
And how many angels
Can dance on the edge of a pinhead
And still leave room for one of those
Reality shows

Well it’s one for moneyed
And it’s none for the poor
And it’s Freddy get ready
To up and go down slow
And it’s two if by land
And three if by bus
For we have met the enemy and he is us
But if I see your sign may I know your face
And may we figure out how best to use this space
That’s between these notes and between these eyes
And the minutes and the hours and the days of our lives
Down at that kangaroo courthouse
I heard ’em call the hellhound
Witness for the sacred cow
One never ever really knows now do one
Hallelujah anyhow

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from Live at the Liberry, released February 10, 2021
John Kimsey, lead vocal, guitar; Lia McCoo, harmony vocal, shaker; Jim Kimsey, electric lead guitar; Morry Fiddler, organ; Steve Hashimoto, bass; Brad Newton, congas & high hat with tambourine on top.

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John Kimsey Oak Park, Illinois

Singer, songwriter, guitarist and bandleader John Kimsey is a musical man about town (and country). He helms and writes for The Twisted Roots Quartet; does old-timey duet sets with brother Jim as The Kimsey Brothers; conjures psychedelic pandephonium with power trio Medicated Goo; and whips up cheeky pop euphoria with The Art Thieves. Then he has a nice sandwich. ... more

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