Big Sandy
The Tattered Rhapsodies
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Down where the river cuts through the Tug Valley Big Sandy had a gin joint surrounded by alleys Through a dirty old glass Big Sandy could mask your pain She wore an old leather jacket with a bomber patch She had a smile like a tiger and the claws to match She had a mean streak where the dye in her hair used to be And when Friday night broke she'd tell the same old jokes For half a dollar more she'd roll you a smoke She'd hide her teeth in a jar but lay the goods on the bar for free And the boys said roll, Big Sandy roll Act like all those years didn't take their toll Reflections in the neon lights of every heart you stole You gotta roll Big Sandy roll Late Summer nights looking for another vice Old Kokomo Jack would get out the dice He could roll all night and into the light of the day Till he challenged Big Sandy to a winner-take-all Then he saw his bad luck bouncing off that wall With the markers signed he tilted blind as could be Big Sandy took the bones and she leaned on back She gummed a little smile to Kokomo Jack With the seven-come-elevens taking up the slack you see And the boys said roll, Big Sandy roll. She could make her point and then hit ten in a row You better button up your shirt, old Jack, or off your back it goes You gotta roll, Big Sandy, roll Sandy passed away on a cold winter night Father Jim wasn't there to deliver last rites That blessed sacrament appeared it wasn't meant to be They built her a coffin using wood from the bar And they put her in the back of that funeral car But the rear door latch didn't seem to catch, you see They hit a patch of black ice going around the ridge The door popped open, then the coffin lid Like tumbling dice to the river Sandy's body slid carefree And the boys said roll, Big Sandy, roll That muddy riverbank will coat you black as coal But if you make it to the water, well it just might save your soul You gotta roll, Big Sandy, roll, Big Sandy, roll, Big Sandy, roll
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Written by: Mark Langenberg, William Fiasco
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