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When Things Unravel

from Pull the Brake by Wrinkle Neck Mules

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Reverent and royal the foggy eyes of middle California The sun sleeps in the ditches too lazy to burn it off With a name like smoke you’re built long just like a vaquero But at the rodeo you spent most of your time in the dirt Staring at the sea you saw the face of Cornelia Ruiz Staring back at you with that look that says she’s going to leave And out there on the flatland you tried to lasso the dogs But they bobbed and weaved and smiled at you with their yellowing teeth When things unravel, who will be there with the needle? It’s plain to see why there’s two kinds of laughter in the world I’ve heard of robbing the cradle But I’ve never heard of robbing the grave When things unravel, my darling will you count the days Behind the causeways the traffic lights are dim The beds are gravel but that’s all normal to them Dressed in amarillo to match your red eyes A painful contrast to the older and the wise Everyone knows there’s no humor in suicide But everyone laughed when your own bullet whizzed you right by Everyone knows there’s no humor in suicide But everyone laughed when your own bullet passed you right by

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from Pull the Brake, released March 7, 2006

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Wrinkle Neck Mules Richmond, Virginia

Don Imus once said that the Wrinkle Neck Mules “don’t have what it takes to make it”. Despite Don’s prediction, the band has garnered a cult following in their 14+ years of creating a “righteous Americana mishmash”.

To date, they have recorded 5 albums on Atlanta’s Lower 40 Records and Germany’s Blue Rose.
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