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The Waitress and the Widower

from Fireside by Bottom Dwellers

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lyrics

Well the waitress and the widower
Packed their Studebaker
And set out for the Ruth Lake dam

They were waylaid in Bridgeville
Against their own will
By the likes of the Clementine Clan

Now the Clementines were ruthless
And they took that waitress
Who called herself Evelyn Bode

Saddled on horses
Up through the far hills
To a cabin on Shower’s Pass Road

Well the widower was loosing
On the river Van Duzen
He’d been tied up and left for dead

The hot sun was shining
And the ropes they were binding
And the windower was out of his head

Oh lord, he sighed
Oh lord, he cried
What’s gonna become of me

Oh lord, he sighed
Oh lord, he cried
Is this the end of me

Oh lord, he sighed
Oh lord, he cried
What’s gonna become of me

Oh lord, he sighed
Oh lord, he cried
Is this the end of me

Well his strong will persisted
And the bindings they untwisted
And he managed to get himself free

Well he hitchhiked to Dinsmore
And rounded up three or four
Of the high sheriff and deputies

Headed for the hideout
The posse had mapped out
They thought they knew the Clementine’s plan

When they got there they were stunned
At what Evelyn had done
To the outlaw Clementine clan

The Clementines with Evelyn
Arrived at the cabin
They were cut and tied and barely alive

What the Clementines didn’t know
Was Evelyn while in tow
Was a master of the steel-blade knives

Oh lord, they sighed
Oh lord, they cried
What’s gonna become of us

Oh lord, they sighed
Oh lord, they cried
Is this the end of us

Oh lord, they sighed
Oh lord, they cried
What’s gonna become of us

Oh lord, they sighed
Oh lord, they cried
Is this the end of us

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from Fireside, released October 14, 2022

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Bottom Dwellers Woodland, California

The Bottom Dwellers are a four-piece Americana band from Woodland, California. Formed in 2003, the Bottom Dwellers have a uniquely diverse but distinctly Northern-Californian sound. Their broad range of songs within the Americana realm has landed them on the bill, opening for acts such as the Grammy-nominated Billy Joe Shaver, Dale Watson, Red Meat, and the Derailers. ... more

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