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Dead Men's Clothes

from Dead Men's Clothes EP by The Phantom Cowboys

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Track 2 from the 2016 EP Dead Men's Clothes

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Hiding in my bedroom in summer that’s good enough for me,
My friend the mirror wardrobe has the means to set me free,
And no one can describe for me,
The essence of this luxury,
I wear , you wear,
We wear dead men’s clothes

Hiding in the basement in winter that’s good enough for me
My dandy summer wardrobe has the means to set me free
And no one can explain to me,
This need for ancient finery
I wear you wear we wear dead men’s clothes

Oh how I wish that my tailoring was fashionable,
congenial and accepted by the world,
Instead I hide in murky basements lurking in the dark,
and I inhale the musty odours of the dead

Dining all alone in splendour that’s good enough for me,
My literary friends are here to keep me company,
So George and Harris eat their fill, and Mr Polly pays the bill,
I wear, they wear, we wear dead men’s clothes

Oh how I wish that the odour of my wardrobe,
Did not bar me from polite society,
Instead of endless conversations with myself,
and the silent approval of the grave

Walking down the streets in summer that’s good enough for me,
Arm in arm we’ll face the world in all it’s jealousy,
And people still in bed at home will wish they too had lives (of) their own,
I wear – you wear – we wear dead men’s clothes
I wear – you wear-we wear dead men’s clothes

I wear – you wear – we wear – they fear
I wear – you wear – they wish they wore
I wear – you wear – we wear dead men’s clothes!

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from Dead Men's Clothes EP, released September 1, 2016
Words & Music by Tooke/Gillham/Rios/O'Connor

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The Phantom Cowboys England, UK

The Phantom Cowboys are a rockabilly-styled four piece with a distinctive 'dark' signature sound blending elements of rockabilly, goth pop and speakeasy swing.

Defying easy categorisation, their sound has been compared to artists as diverse as The Cramps, Stray Cats, The Damned, Nick Cave and Echo & The Bunnymen.

Their debut album, “Down and Out at The Club Cruella” was released in 1998.
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