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Sleepy Little Creepy Little Town

from Retrossance by Mikey Mason

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The demo for this song was originally posted at patreon.com/mikeymason on September 21, 2020.

I first heard this song on Jonah Knight's Exploration of Dangerous Places album... I'm not sure I've ever heard him play it live, though I'm probably wrong... He's a fantastic songwriter and performer. I've stole--er--borrowed from him multiple times (always with permission.) “King of Nebraska”? His. “Bacon and Beer”? His. So I got the idea of covering this song for the then-upcoming In Shadow EP, then I sent him an email asking if he'd mind if I covered it. He replied, "You know, I've always wondered what the third verse was..."

So here it is. As opposed to a third verse, per se, I added a bridge that I kept as lyrically in line with the tone and language of the song as possible, though it is patently a "Mikey" bridge (I love bridges in songs.)

I ultimately decided (against my initial instincts) not to include this on In Shadow when it was released in October of 2020, but it was just too good to hide away.

This version song was originally created through the support of my Patreon patrons, especially Robin Abess, Randy Brown, Jon Haight, Les Howard, Brian Jackey, Jeremy Jackson & Jennifer Lewis, Josh Logan, Michael Khandelwal, Stephany McNulty, Scot Mealy, Amy Stuart, Scott & Melanie Wienhusen and John R Woolard.

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There’s a little devil sittin’ on my shoulder
There’s a little monster swimmin’ in the bog                       
There’s something howling deep in the forest
Always lock your windows when we get fog

Ahhhh, all these open graves
Mutants living in the caves

There’s a sleepy little town in the middle of nowhere. Of nowhere.
There’s a creepy little town it’s the source of terror. All terror.
 Not the kind of place you wanna be out alone
But this sleepy little creepy little town is my home

There’s a nameless, faceless thing crawling down from out of the hills
There’s a prehistoric prophecy on the verge of being fulfilled
Everybody down in the village likes to gather at the general store
Talk about the screams coming from the mansion and comparing our mysterious open sores…

There’s a sleepy little town in the middle of nowhere. Of nowhere.
There’s a creepy little town it’s the source of terror. All terror.
 Not the kind of place you wanna be out alone
But this sleepy little creepy little town is my home

There’s a necromantic circle out beyond the standing stones
You can find it easy, you just follow all the scattered bones
Don’t let the witches coven see you out by the abandoned well, cause
They might seem sociable but no one’s ever lived to tell us…

There’s a sleepy little town in the middle of nowhere. Of nowhere.
There’s a creepy little town it’s the source of terror. All terror.
 Not the kind of place you wanna be out alone
But this sleepy little creepy little town is my home

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from Retrossance, released May 1, 2021
Words and Music by Jonah Knight & Mikey Mason
jonahknight.bandcamp.com

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Mikey Mason Indianapolis, Indiana

A nationally touring performer with hits like She Don’t Like Firefly, Best Game Ever, and Opposite of Cool, Mikey Mason is a ball of contagious enthusiasm who makes songs about role-playing games, video games, sci-fi, fantasy, cats, and the general experience of being a geek. He’s been heard on nerdist.com, SyFy, TheFuMP.com, and Dr. Demento, and is a truly must-see event each time he performs. ... more

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