Episode 5 Justified Fitting End

Tales From the Homestead

Justified Fitting End is the 5th track on Tallsome Tales by The Carnivaleros. Was you sent or did you just went Asked the preacher 'cross the table from me I told him it was neither I was backed up to a wall Certain things are meant to be I had to kill my father he was beatin' on my mother Some old fences just will not mend It was an unexpected, loosely-jointed, understated, overrated, Jaded but sophisticated, justified fitting end My Ma was a-raisin' my sisters and me In a shack on the edge of town She always did her best to keep food on the table Even though Pa was not around But he'd show up now and then in the heat of the moment Reeking of a backwoods still He'd been in a rage every day gone by Since they laid him off down at the mill He knocked us all around but my Ma got it the worst Only so far a body can bend Until his unexpected, loosely-jointed, understated, overrated, Jaded but sophisticated, justified fitting end There was a time things weren't so bad When we were knee high to a man But that must've been just a child's perception Don't remember when they got out of hand Now I'm doin' time on the local state dime I did what I had to do My Ma would've died and the bruises on my sisters Were a spectacle of black and blue I’m a peaceful man most every day But when the trouble just would not end I had to do something 'cause my ma and my sisters Had not the strength to fend If I had to do it over it would come out just the same Some old fences just will not mend It was an unexpected, loosely-jointed, understated, overrated, Jaded but sophisticated, justified fitting end Gary Mackender - accordion, organ, vocals Karl Hoffmann - bass Les Merrihew - drums Joe Fanning - electric guitar Mitzi Cowell - slide guitar Björgvin Benediktsson - harmony vocals Carla Brownlee - bari sax Mike Coyle - trumpet Michael Oliver - trombone Greg Mackender - horn arrangements