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My room's on a rock in the water
The waves roll in and they crash
I dream of the ocean's daughter
But all that floats up to me is trash
My true love's over the ocean
My true love's over the sea
And just 1 drop of devotion
Would bring my Bonnie to me

She sent her love in a bottle
Somethin' 'specially for me
She mailed it out to forever
Now it's a bobbin' across all eternity

My Bonnie bought me a bottle
A 1970 Pouilly-Fuissé
With no propeller or throttle
To hasten it on its way
My rock is out on the ocean
My rock is out on the sea
Birds from the Land of Goshen
Will tear my heart out of me

She sent her love in a bottle
Somethin' 'specially for me
She mailed it out to forever
Now it's a bobbin' across all eternity

She bought a bottle of champagne
To celebrate our special day
They tossed it out of the mail train
Now it's bobbin' all up and down in the bay

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from American Elegy, released October 19, 2018
Alex Greene: vox, guitar, organ
Marc Franklin: trumpet
John McClure: bass
Paul Buchignani: drums
John Whittemore: pedal steel

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Alex Greene Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis songwriter Alex Greene builds his tracks on the bedrock of the Rolling Head Orchestra’s horns and pedal steel, mixed with his own primitive jazz interpolations.

Greene is best known for his guitar and keyboard work with the Reigning Sound, Big Ass Truck, Tav Falco’s Panther Burns, and, in NYC, the Kropotkins.
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