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Pretty Mama Put a Spell on Me

from Too Big World by Bumper Jacksons

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Written by Jess Eliot Myhre.

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I saw a beautiful girl at the Idle Time Bookstore
(Pretty mama put a spell on me)
She was thumbing through my favorite work by Tolstoy
(Pretty mama put a spell on me)
Such a heavy book in the middle of May
Will you give me a smile, can I know your name?
But I got tongue tied and I couldn’t ask her
(Pretty mama put a spell on me)

Her big brown eyes read my situation
(Pretty mama put a spell on me)
Showed me a dimple, “will you walk me to the station?”
(Pretty mama put a spell on me)
I told her life is a joke, and then you’re dead
So she led me up the stairs to her big brass bed
I met the holy grail of jubilant elation
(Pretty mama put a spell on me)

We spent two full weeks a-wrasslin’ in her bedroom
(Pretty mama put a spell on me)
She had me tied up and spun out like a thread into a needle
(Pretty mama put a spell on me)
Reciting Resurrection ‘till the break of day
I forgot to go to work, didn’t get my pay
When the money stopped, my sugar’s honey dried up
(Pretty mama put a spell on me)

There’s nothing worse than a handshake with a lover
(Pretty mama put a spell on me)
“Ces’t la vie” she kissed, knowing how I want her
(Pretty mama put a spell on me)
I got all liquored up on that roadhouse corn
Howled at the moon ‘till the early morn
Tore up the sheets of my favorite Russian author
(Pretty mama put a spell on me)

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from Too Big World, released July 25, 2015

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Bumper Jacksons Washington, D.C.

The Bumper Jacksons are hot and sweet, painting America's story by scrapping together new sounds from forgotten 78's.  Honored as the region's 2015 "Artist of the Year" and "Best Folk Band" from 2013-2015 at the Washington Area Music Awards, the Bumper Jacksons are playfully creative with their originals and re-imagining roots music with both power and tenderness. ... more

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