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Momma warned you she’s a wild animal
Always talking about doors and windows
Testing out foundations for cracks that let the light in
Tie her down with words and with friends
Have you gotten any sleep since

Offer up your belly, teach her mercy
Feed her compliments
Keep her warm and content
She can’t run if she’s full
Still can’t sleep, can you

You can grease the devil’s palm
Doesn’t matter, she’s gone
She’s gone, gone, gone
Gone, gone, gone

Or lay your soldiers in a line from here to St. Paul
She’s a wily one, she’ll swallow them all
Will they throw their guns on the ground
The first time they hear her howl

You can grease the devil’s palm
Doesn’t matter, she’s gone
She’s gone, gone, gone
Gone, gone, gone

If you know her secret she’ll heel without a leash
Now you know; she knows the price of running free
Would you count that as a win
Hearing your caged bird sing

You can grease the devil’s palm
Doesn’t matter, she’s gone
She’s gone, gone, gone
Gone, gone, gone

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from Not the Marrying Kind, released June 12, 2020
Vocals: Michelle Billingsley
Banjo: Matt Brown
Pedal Steel: Brian Wilkie
Bass: Ethan Jodziewicz
Drums: Brian Deck
Engineered and mixed by Brian Deck
Recorded at Narwhal Studios, Chicago, IL
Additional recording 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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