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You struck a match off your boot
You scraped the sole on devil’s root
You took your heel from off my neck
You tossed your hair like a shipwreck

So I raised a grin with both my hands
Held in place with rubber bands
I tied a laugh to the frigate mast
You know those teeth were made to last

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Ooh ah ooh ah
Clementine
You got to got to get the Axehead Line
Clementine
Your vicious loving trails along behind

Way down below, beyond the sails
The lady waits with painted nails
The shipping news forecasting gales
You know you can’t grab a rat by a rabbit’s tail

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Forsake the sea, but not by choice
You’ll lose the way, you’ll lose your voice
The sun don’t rise on the devil’s land
And she smiles as she takes my hand

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from Sinatra's Bones (album, 2014), released March 1, 2014

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Floyd Thursby Melbourne, Australia

"Floyd Thursby has a fascinating voice. But of course, all that would be insignificant without great songs as vehicles for that voice. Thursby has armfuls of them." (Rhythms magazine)

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