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The Ballad of Fannie P.

from Goodbye by Scott Pinkmountain

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Well nobody knows how this story really goes
But some people say that it happened this way:
I don't know if it’s true or it's not
But after what I've been through, it's all that I've got.

There was a gal and Fannie was her name.
She come from the land of the cold snow and rain.
She had blue eyes like ice and dirty blond hair.
Lovely to look upon and a voice so fair.

But don't you be deceived by the sweetness of her looks.
Remember what they say about judging them books.
She could plug a nickel from thirty yards back.
And she could draw a six-gun at the dropping of a hat.

Well nobody knows why she done what she done.
Maybe money or passion, or just plain old fun.
But one day something just gripped Fannie P.
And she wound up going on a killing spree.

Fannie, Fannie P.
Please don't murder me.
Take all I got to give,
But just let me live
Please don't murder me.

She stood nearly 6 feet with a smile in her eye,
But if that smile faded, you knew you're gonna die.
A knife in her boot, two colts at her waist,
She hid a shotgun in an old accordion case.

She rode a beat-up old mare through the wind in the night
And when she came to town all the men took flight.
She never harmed a woman or a child.
Some swore her temperament was patient and mild.

Fannie, Fannie P.
Please don't murder me.
If you let me live long,
I'll put you in song.
Please don't murder me.



I was tending bar one night when Fannie wandered in.
She ordered a whiskey, then she ordered one again.
Everyone else in the place cleared like flies,
But I just stood there hypnotized.

Never before had I seen such a sight.
Her hair was spun gold, and her eyes were pure light.
I told her I loved her right there on the spot.
She said, "Boy you're nice, but baby I'm not."

Oh Fannie, Fannie P.
Please don't murder me.
If you take me along.
I’ll never do you wrong
Please don't murder me.

Well she took me up and she got what she wanted.
And to this very day, my heart is still haunted.
But when I awoke to the rooster's sad song,
Sweet Fannie P. was long gone.

I know I should just be glad I'm still here
When so many men live in so much fear.
But sometimes I think I'd a rather have died
Than to live knowing what it's like to lay by her side.

Fannie, Fannie P.
You went and murdered me.
If you come back round the bend,
I’m yours ‘til the end
I love you Fannie P.

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from Goodbye, released November 14, 2019

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Scott Pinkmountain (aka Scott Rosenberg) is an American musician and a writer. Over the past 20 years, he has recorded and performed extensively in the U.S. and Europe with many excellent musicians including Anthony Braxton, Jacopo Andreini, Gino Robair, Sam Coomes, Arrington Di Dionyso, Phil Minton, Jaap Blonk, Pauline Oliveros, Tim Daisy, Nate Wooley, and others. ... more

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