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Small Time Criminals

from Modern Plagues by The Whistles and The Bells

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lyrics

We were greasy little monkeys skinny and hungry
Doing back alley deals all day
Jumping old ladies for that handbag honey
Hopping fences to get away

Now we’re bitching about models and being quixotic
Crown grabbing little thieves
Can’t find God in a rich man's pocket
The devil’s always up their sleeve
The devil’s always up their sleeve

We were anything but original
Crooks and small time criminals
Neighborhood flunkies
Lowlifes in high tops
Now we’re pharisees and gentlemen
Taking that high dollar medicine
Champagne problems gonna kill us all off

Traded hubcaps for cases full of greenbacks
Now we’re in the land of the lost
We were blackhearted sleestacks now we got that
Penthouse George Jefferson walk
Now we got that George Jefferson walk

Now don’t get me wrong ain’t knocking nice things
I like the view better from the top
But black ice ballerinas never see it coming
Till it’s too late to stop
Till it’s too late to stop

We were anything but original
Crooks and small time criminals
Neighborhood flunkies
Lowlifes in high tops
Now we’re pharisees and gentlemen
Taking that high dollar medicine
Champagne problems gonna kill us all off

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from Modern Plagues, released April 28, 2017

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The Whistles and The Bells Nashville, Tennessee

The Whistles & The Bells is the nome de song of Nashville-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Bryan Simpson. His debut full-length album (New West Records, 2015) is an accomplished effort that threads together rousing indie rock, southern folk, gritty alt-country and gospel to create a rich musical tapestry that matches the intense soul searching of his evocative and poetic lyrics. ... more

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