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The Fate of Miss Fortune

from Ruthless and Toothless by Black Tooth Grinn

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It was early in the morning
Daybreak just begining
When there would soon be and odd twist of fate
Three brothers were hunting
Bill, James, and George
When the young buck was quick to escape
So they walked through the trees
Felt a stiff cold breeze
Where the cliff put an end to the tracks
When they peered down the hill
It had occured to bill
That a snowmobeil had flipped and crashed

They found a body at the wreck
It was broken and cold
And a bag which was strapped to his back
Bill was first to see
Full of curiosity
So he reached out and opened the flap
Well his mouth dried up
And his blood ran thin
And his hands did shake
And with a twisted grin
His eyes black sunk back into his head
And in a trembely voice
He turned and he said

Brothers we're in deep soup
And this is our silver spoon
We'll take the cash home and hide it
Til the body is found
Then we'll split the money up
And we'll go our separate ways
But then a week went by
With no word on the body
Til one day Bill's wife cleaning, found the stash
Bill explained but she was scared
The cops would lock him away
So she said she would leave him unless he took the money back

But an unsuspecting hunter
Would see the three brothers
Returning the money where the body lie dead
Bill was quick to react
And he took the mans life
With one hit to the head
Greed setting in George said he'd confess
Unless he got his peice of the pie
Well money corrupts
As order corrods
And it wouldn't be long
Before George too, would die

Well Bill convinced James
It was all for the best
The hunter, their brother now both laid to rest
They'd split the money even
Go on with their lives
But James didn't know if he could live with the lies
No James couldn't take it
The situation was too heavey
The guilt worm ate at his head
So he swung from a nuse
He had fixed late that night
For a secret for two is best kept with one dead

There was a bang at the door
Bill was nowhere to be found
So his wife hid under the bed on the floor
See the man was standing tall
With a clean shavin face
With a gun and a badge and he was in uniform
Only to inform Bill
Of his brothers suicide
She paniced and thought of the cash
So she took the money down
To the old wood stove
And burnt every last Bill
With one strike of the match

Everything you've got
Was meant to be sold
To Ms. Fortune
She'd buy it up and bide her time
Then she'll turn around and she'll torch it

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from Ruthless and Toothless, released March 11, 2014

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Black Tooth Grinn Sydney, Nova Scotia

Black Tooth Grinn is from Sydney NS, a town known as much for the remnants of industrial exploitation as it is for a deep culture of music. This influences drives them to push a little harder to shine through the smoke and fog. Their show appeals to your most carnal senses, pushing you to take that extra shot, stay for one more song. You're going to feel it the next morning. ... more

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