Dead Ringer for a Sinister Man

from Asleep in the Time Machine by Smoky Ghosts of Big Trees

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Paper cuts, lukewarm coffee, the new Ethiopian restaurant that you THOUGHT was going to be great: Life has a lot of disappointments in store, and they come in all shapes, sizes and strengths. Nothing is as good as you think it’s going to be, but then again, nothing is as bad as you expect, either. Imagine staring into the face of a killer who’s been dead thirty years. Just you, in your underwear, vulnerable, and a little bit cold. You know what? You wash up, towel off and get on with the day. You can’t be him, can you? A nervous laugh follows, with a mental ten car pileup, as you try to change the subject.

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Yeah, he first noticed it when he was shaving
Who was that face staring back?
Ummmm..starting to look familiar!
Then he saw a few old pictures in the family album
And everything started to become a little bit clearer
And it wasn’t good
It wasn’t something he wanted to know
Looking back was a bad man
Blood don’t lie

Dead ringer for a sinister man
He’s a dead ringer for a sinister man
A bad man with blood on his hands
He’s a dead ringer for a sinister man

Somewhere along the lines
His mouth got fixed into a scowl
Yeah, a familiar look
He’d seen it many times in the past
And now it was staring back at him in the mirror
Like a slow moving demonic possession
There’s the old man
Look out!

Dead ringer for a sinister man
He’s a dead ringer for a sinister man
A bad man with blood on his hands
He’s a dead ringer for a sinister man

Is there anything more annoying
Than looking in the mirror
And not liking what you see?
I guess that’s the advantage a vampire might have
Well, brothers and sisters
We can’t change genetics
All we can do is rise above.
Sing it, boys!

Dead ringer for a sinister man
He’s a dead ringer for a sinister man
A bad man with blood on his hands
He’s a dead ringer for a sinister man

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from Asleep in the Time Machine, released February 28, 2021
Featuring The Rubber Seoul Horns, and W. Kelley Chambers did some background shouting, although we begged him not to.

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The whooping went on, and in about a minute I come a-booming down on a cut bank with SMOKY GHOSTS OF BIG TREES on it, and the current throwed me off to the left and shot by, amongst a lot of snags that fairly roared, the current was tearing by them so swift. - Mark Twain “Huckleberry Finn” ... more

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