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Something Better

from Theatres by Nicholas St. James

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Uncle Charlie holds a gun in his hand
Studying rotation at the bank
Granny lost her baby boy
He's been missing, with no reward to claim

I heard the stories when I was just a kid
Uncle C was the bagman of the state
His problems all came with a bottle of blame
He sees twelve colors, but you know there's only eight

Jesus Christ, died on a Tuesday
Lee Harvey shot from a windowpane
We all want something better
And bigger to blame

Uncle Charlie kept his dogs in the yard
Fearing one day they'd bite him back
They gave his job to a Mexican man
Don't you think he ever forgot that

Jesus Christ, died on a Tuesday
Lee Harvey shot from a windowpane
We all want something better
And bigger to blame

He was cursed from the start
A voodoo doll full of pins
Everything is free when it gets dark
At least it was, according to him

Jesus Christ, died on a Tuesday
Lee Harvey shot from a windowpane
We all want something better
And bigger to blame

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from Theatres, released February 22, 2016

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Nicholas St. James St. Louis, Missouri

"If Bob Dylan and Tom Waits were the same person, they'd write songs like Nicholas St. James."

-Ed Danger, American Roots Magazine

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