Simeon
Pillich
acoustic bass Scott Breadman percussion
Marc McClure electric slide guitar Rand
Bishop and
James Lee Stanley background vocals
A classic tale of fall and redemption, complete
with Byronic hero and embryonic heroine, each
engaging the other as teacher; plus, for the
metaphorically challenged, a clearcut, unequivocal
moral.
Rollo was a rogue, there's no denyin'
He had loved an' left 'em cryin'
From Singapore to Cheyenne he had left a lusty
wake
Rollo just believed there's nothin' wrong in
Givin' in to his deeper longin'
So he'd roll 'em over with a smile and a song an'
give in
All that they could take
An' he was givin' 'em the lowdown
Givin' 'em the low-oh-down
He was givin''em the oh-so-low-down
What they wanted was the way up high
Rollo met a maid named Mary Alice, she
Held outstretched a silver chalice, he
Talked of love, but it was phallusy
As he held her on his need
Rollo had it made a-layin' in the shade
Hers were the highest stakes he'd ever played
Then he went and lost 'em in the penny arcade
When his best fruits went to seed
An' he was givin' her the lowdown
Givin' her the low-oh-down
Givin' her the oh-so-lowdown
What she wanted was the way up high
Now, Rollo had an eagle's soaring spirit
Captive in a serpent's earthbound sphere, it
Can't be seen but one can hear it
Cryin' out between the lines
Mary Alice saw beneath the dragon's skin
She saw the light that shown within
While her friends saw naught but sin
Pointing out the danger signs
An' they were givin' her the lowdown...
Well, Rollo was a rake and a ramblin' man
With too many jelly beans an' too small a hand
Just like a kid at a candy stand
Tryin' to outgrow it
Now, Rollo told me an' I believe he knows
An' if a moral lurks beneath this prose
It's when there's love right under your nose -
Don't blow it!
Now I'm givin' you the lowdown
Givin' you the low-oh-down
Givin' you the oh-so-lowdown
An' I'm givin' it to you way up high
REPEAT REFRAIN
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