Steel Wires

from Kings For Sale by Afton Wolfe

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Steel Wires is a song about the saddest story Afton has ever heard. It’s not worth it to retell the story, considering the pain it causes, but suffice it to say “nobody’s horse is going to live forever.” The song exists in the rare intersection of Delta Blues, grunge, and Expressionist chamber music. Seth Fox plays clarinet, flute, and saxophoneS, Ben Babylon adds piano and keys, Rebecca Weiner Tompkins plays violin, and Daniel Seymour (bass) and Tommy Stangroom (drums) maintain the foundation of this tragic dinner conversation. Laura Rabell again contributes hauntingly beautiful vocals to counter the gruff blues vocals of Afton.

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The world walks all over you
You walk all over me.
I’m a beggar that you’re kind to.
And fear is an ocean,
so stay on the island.
and every time you talk,
Your conversations turn into tragedies.
The old car cleans up nice.
And marriage turns men into butlers.
Love is just a clay pot
in a burned down New Orleans hotel.
Steel Wires could open the door.
Set fire to fire, and push me back again.
Your tragedies become mere dinner talk
Nobody’s horse is gonna live forever.
And I’m a schoolboy, mister, play me a cover song.
But this was not my decision,
so don’t ask have I changed my mind.
Steel Wires could open the door.
Set fire to fire, and push me back again.
The Bluesman plays The River.
The walls bleed black with mold.
And Jazz is always running out of incense.
And politics will be.
Hang a flag on your window,
put the blood over the door.
Steel Wires could open the door.
Set fire to fire and push me back again.
Light your cigars and stare at my wife.
Drink your poison.
Enjoy my life.

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from Kings For Sale, track released June 11, 2021

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Afton Wolfe Nashville, Tennessee

Afton is a product of his home, Mississippi. It is the birthplace of at least 2 American art forms: country music
and blues music. Meridian is the birthplace of Jimmy Rodgers, while the Mississippi Delta is the
birthplace of the blues, and the first rock n’ roll notes ever played, according to some music historians,
came from Hattiesburg. Afton also draws much of his style from nearby New Orleans. ... more

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