Ain't Life Grand

from Henhouse by Ellis Dyson & the Shambles

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lyrics

Oh sweet maria I tell you I did not see you
In that hotel room
With leather boots bound to my feet

Oh sweet Maria I tell you I did not hear you
When you told me that you loved me
Oh sweet Maria why’d you have to go?

Ain’t life grand
Just a series of missed connections
And poorly played hands
Ain’t life grand
Just a wake for the wrong three people
And flowers in the wrong bed

Oh sweet Maria does it ever cross your mind
That in some life we were together
In some life I really tried

Oh sweet Maria we’ve been through this before
I’m better that I appear
Call it numbness I’d rather it be fear

Ain’t life grand
Just a series of missed connections
And poorly played hands
Ain’t life grand
Just a wake for the wrong three people
And flowers in the wrong bed

Ain’t life grand
Just a series of missed connections
And poorly played hands
Ain’t life grand
Just a wake for the wrong three people
And flowers in the wrong bed

Ain’t life

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from Henhouse, released June 7, 2017
Ellis Dyson - Banjo, Lead Vocals

Danny Abrams - Soprano, Alto and Baritone Saxophones, Clarinet, Backing Vocals

Matt Hall - Trumpet, Backing Vocals

Jonathan Ng - Violins, Mandolin

Nathan Huvard - Guitars

Adam Maloney - Upright Bass

Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Jerry Brown and Noah Adams at the Rubber Room in Chapel Hill, NC

Produced by Noah Adams

All songs by Ellis Dyson & The Shambles

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