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Dearly departed, saints or whoever,
We’re gathered together to decide who’s better off
Cast your ballots on folded paper
With letters written in honest prayer

On my left’s a loaded weapon but a good man
His only gun hidden inside of his head
Road on his boots, dust from strange sands
Evidence of Delta lands in salt on his collar

On my right’s a woman look a lot like me
No quarter given, no change received
But I, I mean, she’s as sweet as can be
Your honor, her honor is squeaky clean
When she loves, she loves like the back of a hand

I’m asking you now, I petition you here
Send him away for a thousand years
Send him away for a thousand years
I’m asking you now, I petition you here
Send him away for a thousand years
Send him away for a thousand years

Now, was permission granted, or permission kept?
Whose lips last left that cigarette?
This cracked engine block of a man, dried horse sweat on his bare hands
And the wild eyes of a setting sun?

I’m asking you now, my sisters, my peers
Send him away for a thousand years
Send him away for a thousand years
I’m asking you now, my sisters, my peers
Send him away for a thousand years

Not for the crimes you could plainly see
But the ones he dared to keep from me

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from Not the Marrying Kind, released June 12, 2020
Guitar & vocals: Michelle Billingsley
Additional vocals: Amanda Healan & Samantha K. Mills
Pedal Steel: Brian Wilkie
Bass: Ethan Jodziewicz
Drums: Brian Deck
Engineered and mixed by Brian Deck
Recorded at Narwhal Studios, Chicago, IL
Additional recording by Ethan Jodziewicz
Mastered by JJ Golden, Golden Mastering
Produced by Matt Brown

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Michelle Billingsley Chicago, Illinois

"Biting & enigmatic. …the knock ‘em dead bravado of Nancy Sinatra and the blunt storytelling knack of Neko Case." -Glide Magazine

“Charming ... candid." - American Songwriter

“Biting wit...all in a tongue-in-cheek gently honky-tonkin’ spirit." -Americana UK

Michelle will remind you of an Emmylou who went through the looking glass. ... more

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