Landry's Wake (feat. Michael Cerveris)

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Mark Kendall Bingham (May 22, 1970 – September 11, 2001) was an American public relations executive who founded his own company, the Bingham Group. During the September 11 attacks in 2001, he was a passenger on board United Airlines Flight 93. Bingham was among the passengers who, along with Todd Beamer, Tom Burnett and Jeremy Glick, formed the plan to retake the plane from the hijackers, and led the effort that resulted in the crash of the plane into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, thwarting the hijackers' plan to crash the plane into a building in Washington, D.C., most likely either the U.S. Capitol Building or the White House.His heroic efforts on United Flight 93, as well as his athletic physique, were noted for having prompted a reassessment of … more »

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They tell stories about me around kitchen tables 
                                     
Tim Landry lived on Patin Road in Henderson LA
His voice was so refined  
Music took him round the world

But Tim was given to the tipplin' way
With a love of liquor Tim was born  
Tim went speeding through the day
With a drop of the creature every morn 

One mornin' Tim was so hungover just getting up was a big mistake 
He fell from a ladder and broke his skull
And they carried him home his corpse to wake

Spin em round 
Dance with your partner
Burn the fire til your trotters shake
Wasn't it the truth I told you
Lots of fun at Landry's Wake

They wrapped him up in a nice clean sheet
And laid him out across the bed, crystal meth up his nose 
And a barrel of whiskey at his head

Cissy Landry fixed the plates but no touched the food
A band was set up in the corner all complaining about some drummer 

Fontenot began to cry " such a clean corpse, did you ever see?"
"Oh, Tim, why did you have to die?" "Ah, shut your gob" said Fred Dupuis
Maggie Courville said out loud , "it shoulda been you Allemond"
Then Huval bashed her in the gob, knocked her to the floor 

Then the Landry war was on for real
Woman to woman and man to man 
Pipes and bats, AK- 15s  
The row and the ruckus on Patin Rd
Stinky Hebert ducked his head when a flagon of whiskey flew at him
It missed, and fallin' on the bed the liquor splashed all over Tim

Now Tim revives, see how he rises
Tim is rising from the bed
Tequila shots for everyone 
Sweet Jesus do ya think I'm dead?

Under the great green oak tree
Tim and the mourners drank til dawn
All the tears turned into roses
Bodies sleeping on the lawn 

Spin em round 
Dance with your partner
Burn the fire til your trotters shake
Wasn't it the truth I told you
Lots of fun at Landry's Wake

In the morning the house was empty 
No furniture or tools
Stripped of copper stripped of wood 
No silverware or guns

Last seen in Catahoula, Allemond disappeared
Cissy Landry had her fill, she left Tim and moved away
Stinky Hebert went to prison but the stories never stopped
Levee rats one and all, witness to a miracle

They tell stories about me around kitchen tables 
Around fires they whisper
The children are afraid but I would never hurt them  
They know I walk amongst them wearing clothes made in China
Wearing boots from Vietnam  

The dogs in the swamp can feel me 
They whimper but I would not hurt them 
I comfort a poor dog running on a chain she stops barking and licks my hands 
Boats pull up, cargo loaded, I stay hidden  
I can see their guns
They are afraid 

They tell stories about me around kitchen tables 
Around fires they whisper
The children are afraid but I would never hurt them
They know I walk amongst them
The dogs are not afraid, they know I would not hurt them

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