The Bootlegger's Son

from All the Birds by Viva la Muerte

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She said it only comes once
She said Lord, I should've tried
She said my dear, there's the world of the heart
Or you can leave that world behind

They called her Okareda Lee
She was part Virginian, part Shawnee
It was just before the second big war
When the bootlegger's son came knocking at her door

Stay a little longer, he always used to say
Stay until the break of day
Stay a little longer, my sweet little O
You're all I've got now, don't you know

Round and round the mountain one night
He brought her home in the morning light
But even then he couldn't let her go
And then all of a sudden, everybody knows

Everything can change in a night
You better talk to her dear; you better make it all right
When your father's the law you can make a man run
And you better not be no bootlegger's son

Stay a little longer, he always used to say
Stay until the break of day
Stay a little longer, my sweet little O
I'll marry you right now, don't you know

She said my dear, I'm doing fine
But the dream of love still makes those white eyes shine
In a world that's losing all sense of time
The bootlegger’s son is still on her mind

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from All the Birds, released August 2, 2013
Lyrics by M.C. Armstrong
Arranged by Armstrong, Graves, Irwin, McCanless, Ritter, and Zehmer.

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Viva la Muerte Greensboro, North Carolina

Viva la Muerte is an six-piece band from Greensboro, NC. In 2019, VLM was voted "Triad's Best Local Original Band" by the readers of Yes! Weekly. Describing VLM's first album, David Gans said, "Very nice variety of feels and flavors here. Hearkens back to the '60s in the best possible way." ... more

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