Lady in a Cage

from If 6 Was 5 by The Mal Thursday Quintet

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lyrics

The lady in the cage
Has lost her mind
Trapped there by a severed power line
Her filthy fate most unkind

New friends have come to pass the lady's time
Three nogoodniks and a whore
To do some crimes
Their lifeless laughter
Blew her mind

What have you done to the lady in a cage
She's gone back to the early latent stage
And Malcolm's turned the page

The rum-dum piss bum's thoughts
Are void and null
As the blunt force trauma cracks
His foolish skull
The hustler's eyes
Wide and moist -- C'mon boys!

What have you done to the lady in a cage
She's not the same
The lady in a cage
And Malcolm's left the stage

The muscler on the lawn
Has lost his ire
With his braincase nestled neatly
'Neath the tyre
The wino's spent
He's all dead

What have you done to the lady in a cage
She's gone back to the early latent stage
Dear God
What have you done?
To the lady in a cage
She's not the same
The lady in a cage
And Scatman's turned the page

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from If 6 Was 5, released January 1, 2021

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The Mal Thursday Quintet Austin, Texas

The Mal Thursday Quintet has been described as a "garage-rock juggernaut," with lead singer Mal Thursday "a funky, strutting bird."

Personnel:
Mal Thursday with
Dave Berkham
Ian Bixby
Chuck Ferreira
Bob Fountain
Tjarko Jeen
John Jenne
Keith Kinkle
Brian T. Marchese
Cam Mazza
Bob Medley
Augie Meyers
Frank Padellaro
Hunt Sales
Greg Saulmon
Steve Schecter
Thom Sullivan
Bobby Trimble ... more

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