Betty is struggling and lost in a broken down world that was not of her making. Will it grind her into stone ash, or will she figure a way out?
lyrics
Raised in a broken-down trailer park
Hair dyed blue
A teenage white trash Joan of Arc
Punk rock ingenue
Reading vintage pulp fiction paperbacks
Abandon discarded
Unless they want her innocence
Her virtue, unguarded
Betty Baby
No longer a girl, not quite a lady
You’re so crazy
Making love in the backseat of a broken dream
Boss is a letch, a real mean prick
Step-dads’ no better
Mom can’t be bothered, real dad’s long gone
What’s one more suicide letter
Betty Baby
No longer a girl, not quite a lady
You’re so crazy
Making love in the backseat of a broken dream
You gotta get out of this tread worn town
No bliss, no passion
All you have to offer is a broken smile
Love’s not something you ration
Living in this angry, loathsome mean town
Will mean your end
There just’s gotta be a better way
Still… no godsend
A desperate man, intent on ill will
Betty, his object desire
He grabbed Betty, by the throat
Exhausted and tired
Betty jammed a penknife, straight up to his neck
But didn’t attack
Instead she bought a one way ticket on bus
And climbed in the back, now she’s singing
from Just A Modern Guy,
track released May 4, 2018
Author: Smitt E. Smitty
Recorded @ New Alliance Audio
Recording and Mix Engineer: Alec Rodriguez
Lead Vocal: Smitt E. Smitty
Drums and Percussion: Smitt E. Smitty
Programing: Smitt E. Smitty
Trumpet: Alec Rodriguez
61’ Kay Stand Up Bass: Jonny Howes
Born and raised in Detroit. Moved to Boston in 1985. Played in The Blind, Zero Ambience, L-Seven and Figures on a Beach.
FOAB got signed to Sire/Warner Records and released music until the early 90s. FOAB disbanded 1991. Chainsuck 1994. Fireking 1999. Smitty joined Little Billy Lost as their drummer in 2017. 2017 also marks the year Smitt E. Smitty formed Smitt E. Smitty & The Feztones....more
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