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This upbeat delta stomp was written to describe a feeling of chaos. Specifically, the driving force of mother nature herself and the flood of sound and energy that comes with living on it. Written after the washing machine malfunctioned and flooded my parents basement with 300 gallons of water and caused significant structural damage. However, everything happens for a reason.

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Well you see my lady, she ain't no little girl.
I've got her seas in my Dexters,
and all she do is sterling whirl.
Through this ocean's floor,
She'll be breaking down your door.

Family stays in a way we'll be dusting our brooms,
Why love the air you breath,
it's almost up two Jacksons.
When the flood comes in,
it's talking razors with a gun in it's grin.

It's bending metal only with its' spin.
When we ask Mama why?
She spits out a pin.
Oh she looks back at him
and spits our her dirty little sin.

The florist and the repo,
catch a cold through a dirty tube,
Oh we need more lube,
plus some blood and La etude.
Oh mothers little baby ain't such an animal.

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from It Began With A Bang, track released September 18, 2018

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Michael Scott Bates Snohomish, Washington

Michael Scott Bates is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter from central Oregon. A true old soul, song-writing activist and simply, a freight train of southern rock and blues. There is truly no limit this man won't go to guarantee recording and producing the upmost quality of his music. He is the epitome of a music lover. ... more

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