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Sticky

from 1369 Lights by Bryan Thomas

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Zoe, age 4, cleaning her hands after a messy purple popsicle, comes up with the melody, the theme, and the beat off the top of her head: "Give me another wipe! I'm still sticky, my hands are still sticky!" Daddy races to the Telecaster and the tape recorder. Then he recalls Lady Macbeth's hand-cleaning dilemma. Turning to the text, he finds her pondering Arabia.

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Baby I wanna kiss you
Baby I'll be right with you
As soon as I clean my hands
I'll make you a man

So sticky, my hands are so sticky.

To undo my unsexing
You must first undress me
Do not hide your face
Screw your courage to the sticking place

So sticky the place is so sticky

The Thane of Fife he had a wife
But I'm the wife who gave Mac the knife
Long live the king, the king is dead
Come to bed, to bed, to bed

Come to bed with me it's gettin' kinda sticky
Come to bed now for the sticky to the icky

My mama is gonna be proud
Picture me wearing a crown
Mama your sweet little, sweet little girl
Is gonna be the queen of the whole damn world

I'm the queen. I'm the queen.
Look at me mama, I'm the queen.
Look at me mama, my man is a man
One little spot of blood on my hands
I'm the queen.

The hurly-burly's done
The battle's lost and won.
Long live the king he's dead
But the seas have all gone red

So sticky the blood is so sticky

For want of my man to be the man
Can't get this spot out my pretty hand

All the per-fume in Arabia
Ain't got no hope of savin' ya
All the perfume in Babylon
Ain't gonna make this stink be gone

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from 1369 Lights, released October 31, 2008
The Buggy Jive is: BT: lead vox, acoustic guitar; JENNIFER: electric guitar; CLEOPATRA JOANZ: bass; LADY MAC: snare, hi-hat, kick drum, tin can.

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Bryan Thomas Albany

Nippertown’s Greg Haymes says Albany soul rocker BRYAN THOMAS's "writes smart, and he writes from the heart, balancing intellect, passion and politics.”

The Times Union named him“Best Male Singer-Songwriter” shortly after he released his acoustic hip-hop debut Radio Plastic Jennifer in 1999. The follow-up soul rock epic Ones and Zeros was Metroland Magazine’s “Album of the Year” in 2002. ... more

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