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The Ballad of the Mad Trapper

from Unfortunately​.​.​. by Rat Silo

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Hermit defends himself from a town full of bullies.

lyrics

[Verse 1]
Billy boy, silly boy living in a tree
The people of the town just wouldn’t let him be
Pull him out run him down tell him that it’s fun
Billy let them have it with his grand daddy’s gun

[Verse 2]
Mayor gets the sheriff and a vigilante crew
Met up in the church and decided what to do
Smoke him out string him up shoot him in the knee
Tie him to a rock and then throw him in the sea

[Chorus 1]
Can you see them scatter when he stands up tall
Hands all shaking, boots all quaking
Can you hear them weep can you hear them wail
Waiting for the rain to fall

[Verse 3]
Sheriff says get the dogs looking at his map
I’ll get him in my hand, I’m gonna get him in a trap
Billy took the river bank and headed into town
Soon made sure he burned it to the ground

[Chorus 2]
Can you see them scatter when he stands up tall
Hands all shaking, boots all quaking
Can you hear them weep can you hear them wail
Waiting for the rain to fall

[Bridge]
They turned him into a soldier boy
And the newspaper called him a monster

[Verse 4]
Billy walk, Billy fly, Billy ran away
Found another tree and there he’ll stay
He’ll dance on your eye when you’re looking at the moon
Eats all the light when you walk in the room

[Chorus 3]
Can you see them scatter when he stands up tall
Hands all shaking, boots all quaking
Can you hear them weep can you hear them wail
Waiting for the rain to fall

credits

from Unfortunately​.​.​., released November 21, 2022
Recorded at: Hipposonic Studios, Vancouver, BC - December 2021
Recorded by: Dave "Rave" Ogilvie and Liam Moes
Mixed by: Anthony "Fu" Valcic
Mastered by: Brock McFarlane - CPS Mastering
Vocals, Guitar: Jim Newton
Bass: Don Binns
Loops, Noises: Erkan Gencol
Drums: Sean Stubbs

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Rat Silo Vancouver, British Columbia

Rat Silo: /ratˈsīlō/
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1. Sonically prodigious contusive post-rockpunk methodically devised and surgically executed by four entirely disparate humans and their electronically enhanced acoustic output machines.

2. Jim Newton: Guitar and Vocals, Don Binns: Bass, Erkan Gencol: Loops and Noises, Sean Stubbs: Drums. ... more

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