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CARP KING

Hey hey carp king what do you know
Where does a walkin’ fish, a walkin’ fish go
Here comes the carp king, the carp king is low
Where does a walkin’ fish, a walkin’ fish go

Under the trestle, the train overhead
The carp king is sleeping, the cattails do glow
Hey hey carp king, let’s not pretend
We’re not muck dwelling, weird-smelling lords of the dam

Hey hey carp king
How do you roll
Don’t head out to sea
You got backwater soul

With a hook in your lip, a scar and a slit
You’re not some koi in the foyer of a restaurant half-lit
Give me the night, give me a hit
we’ll drive out to the edge of town and set fire to it

Hey bony old ghost, how do you do
a thousand years old with stories untold
I dreamed you were a princess, with a blazing silver sword
Watching over the put upon, the lonely and bored

Hey hey carp king
How do you roll
Don’t head out to sea
You got backwater soul

Where does a walkin’ fish a walkin’ fish go
Somewhat tentative sometimes takin’ it slow
Where does a walkin’ fish a walkin’ fish go
Somewhat tentative sometimes takin’ it slow

Hey hey carp king what do you know
Where does a walkin’ fish, a walkin’ fish go
Here comes the carp king, the carp king is low
Where does a walkin’ fish, a walkin’ fish go

Under the trestle, the train overhead
The carp king is sleeping, the cattails do glow
Hey hey carp king, let’s not pretend
We’re not muck dwelling, weird-smelling lords of the dam

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from Serve Without Delay, released February 5, 2021
Recorded Friday 11/13/20
recordBAR, KCMO

Paul Malinowski: live sound & recording engineer

Mixed and edited by Paul Malinowski at Massive Sound, Shawnee Kansas

Dan Jones: guitar/vocals

Matt Ronan: drums/vocals

Steve Tulipana: bass/vocals

daniel sherman jones (bmi)

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Dan Jones Kansas City, Missouri

Dan Jones is a punk-influenced rock and roll singer-songwriter living in Kansas City, Missouri.

Rock and Roll Daydreams is his 9th full length release, and third with Dan Jones and The Squids (of KC), featuring hometown pals Steve Tulipana (bass) and Matt Ronan (drums). ... more

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