We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Ballad of Billy Sunday and Madame May

from Skills are handy | Feel is gold by Now Defunkt

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    12" Vinyl of Skills are Handy | Feel is Gold

    Includes unlimited streaming of Skills are handy | Feel is gold via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 3 days
    edition of 50 
    Purchasable with gift card

      $20 USD or more 

     

about

youtu.be/PIiM50Ormf0

lyrics

The wind blows where it pleases
Billy Sunday preached on Jesus
He rounded third and headed home
Was he safe? The seeds are sown
 
The wind blows where it please
Madame May has lots of teases
Called the queen of the night
For 2 dollars she made you feel all right
 
Now here’s a little story about that time in 1909
Up yonder down the Bellingham line
Just around the corner from Devil’s Row
Billy and Mae did some talking don’t you know
Down in a place called the Horseshoe
Did they acquaint
Leaving each other’s company
A little closer to being a Saint
 
The wind blows where it pleases
Billy Sunday preached on Jesus
He rounded third and headed home
Was he safe? The seeds are sown
 
The wind blows where it please
Madame May has lots of teases
Called the queen of the night
For 2 dollars she made you feel all right
 
Considered the fastest baseball player of his age,
Though it was through revival did Billy Rage
He preached to more people than anyone
In the history of all humanity
But so did Mae in her way
And that was no calamity
 
She became one of the richest people in all the town
But she used her money to make sure her ladies
Did not stay down
 
Haven made fair by Mae’s plan
Fouled off by the likes of man
On the sawdust trail did Billy roam
Millions of seekers found their way home
Mae catches fire so they can watch her burn
Wayward ways – time to turn
And that’s how she figured it
By the spark that she done lit
 
Billy live by the choices he made
Especially for those who played and prayed

credits

from Skills are handy | Feel is gold, track released October 20, 2020
Music by: Scott Macklin, César Castro, James Hunter and Stephen McMahon
Lyrics by: Scott Macklin
Produced by: Case Macklin
Requinto, Cajón and Quijada: César Castro
Guitar: Stephen McMahon
Bass: James Hunter
Jarana: Scott Macklin
Harmonica: Joe Seamons
Vocals: Kaia and Scott Macklin

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Now Defunkt image

Now Defunkt Seattle, Washington

Now Defunkt is a creative collective producing primordial sound-box of the soul shifts.

We have an emerging story to share. It is a story of 3 families during pandemic times coming tougher to do something unexpected. We have worked to collaborate and create music from our respective places of isolation. ... more

contact / help

Contact Now Defunkt

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Now Defunkt, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.
listen now