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Fries & the Check

from 3 Solid Blows to the Head by Adam Stemple

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This was the first song I practiced with Randy and Dave and I knew immediately that they were the right rhythm section for this album. They absolutely tore it up.

I'd been sitting on the first two verses of this song for the longest time before finally bringing it over to Steve to finish. He did it in short order, including writing the line that became the song's title.

First solo is played on a '59 Gibson hollow body, the second on an Eric Clapton 50th Anniversary model Strat.

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I caught your stench just indirectly
out of the corner of my nose
It smelled like last year's lover
in a brand new suit of clothes
It stank to me like dying things
left out too long in the street
And I swear I turned to walk away when I said
"Let's go get a bite to eat."

Accusations fly, birds on the wing
drop their dinner on somebody's head
Shotguns may off when a pinch of seed might
just insure the conversation is dead.
If wishes were horses, mine would just show
when I bet the perfecta for blood.
And five dollar tickets mark my trail in the desert
that with water would just turn into mud

I tried sitting down with my back to the floor
but I didn't like the look of your angst
and if words were bullets, I'd still be a drunk
but you'd just be there loaded with blanks
If there was ever a way to dance on my grave
you'd be a two-step away from my neck
But I got out just one pace ahead of the smell
and I left you the fries and the check.

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from 3 Solid Blows to the Head, released May 18, 2021
Music and Lyrics by Adam Stemple and Steven Brust

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Adam Stemple Minneapolis, Minnesota

Adam has played so much guitar it'd make your ass hurt. Road dog for 20 years, in town Irish bars for another 20. Played everything from metal to folk to ethno-gothic-sludge-jazz. Winner of two Minnesota Music Awards.

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