Name: Mr. Williams
Duration: P00H04M06S
Description: This song just missed the cut for "Teenage Folklore". A hard rock blend of analog synthesizer, spooky slide, and guitars, guitars, guitars. The last few hours in the life of an American legend. A fictionalized account inspired by one of Andrew's old bandmates.

Mr. Williams

from The Effects of Eating Too Much Television by Rocket Park

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This song just missed the cut for "Teenage Folklore". A hard rock blend of analog synthesizer, spooky slide, and guitars, guitars, guitars. The last few hours in the life of an American legend. A fictionalized account inspired by one of Andrew's old bandmates.

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"drive the man in the wide-brimmed hat
his engine's blown and his tires are flat
we found him face down in a scandal
his habit's hard, but it's agreed
you can't deny him what he needs
God gives you nothing you can't handle"

now I'm sailing away in my own universe
cast adrift in Mr. William's hearse

I opened the door to greet the star
he stumbled inside with his guitar
and promptly passed out in his madness
in the rear view mirror, a vacant face
an engine's roar in quiet space
the radio played tales of sadness

maybe he's tired of this endless road
maybe his shoulders can't carry the load
maybe it's meant to be this way
maybe it's me who's got nothing to say

all night long he sat in back
of that long, black Cadillac
and not a single word was spoken
somewhere on that lonely ride
the singer found the other side
and still the silence was unbroken

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from The Effects of Eating Too Much Television, released September 15, 2000
written by Brian Andrew Marek and Andrew Alleman

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Rubberstamp Records is a DIY indie record label based in the Saint Louis, MO area and helmed by local music scene veteran Brian Andrew Marek.

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