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The very first song of the collection. Written two years before its release, it was the song that spawned the concept of Songs of the Dead
lyrics
<chorus>
Walkers, walkers
Nonsense Talkers
Acting like they ain't got a brain
No brain, no pain, it must be insane...
That the brain is the only thing keeping them a-walkin' again
My neighbor John always kept his shoes on
Always had a good head on his shoulders
He was trainin' to run in the marathons
Didn't look like he could get much older
But ol' walkers, walkers
Nonsense talkers
One brief summer night
He was walking by the light
Of the moon shinin' blue on his hundred dollar shoes
When a neighborly bite
Blood spit, and hurled him in a life spent
Walking marathons from here
To the end of the world
<chorus>
Preacher Todd was a man of God
Kept a path in the light of the truth
He had never a word to belay or curse
He spoke wisdom to the minds of the youth
But ol' walkers, walkers
Nonsense talkers
At the end of each week
From the book he would speak of
The end of times, the sun coming out of the sky
From that ancient page
The prophecy did taste of his flesh
That fed the beasts at the end of the world
<Chorus>
credits
from Songs of the Dead,
released December 21, 2012
Ethan - guitar and vox
Dillon - ukulele
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