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Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine (Country Joe McDonald)

from Hot Pink! (​.​.​.​and other unlikely "hits") by The Brothers C. Berry

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"Growing up" in Berkeley in the 1960's, The Brothers C. Berry were, OF COURSE fully indoctrinated by their pal Country Joe, and his Fish, into the "modern" era of Bay Area "Rock and Roll" The C. Berries thought it was only fitting to turn one of their FAVE tunes "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine" on it's pretty little head and rock the fuck out of it. It has been rumored that Bruce Barthol was heard to say "Better groove than the original." HA! C. Berry Boys LOVE the groove on the original! But THANKS BruBar! We're honored!

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Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine
(Country Joe McDonald)

She hides in an attic concealed on a shelf
Behind volumes of literature based on herself
And runs across the pages like some tiny elf

Knowing that it's hard to find
Stuff way back in her mind,
Winds up spending all of her time
Trying to memorize every line,

Sweet Lorriane, ah, Sweet Lorraine.

Sweet lady of death wants me to die
So she can come sit by my bedside and sigh
And wipe away the tears from all my friends eyes

Then softly she will explain
Just exactly who was to blame
For causing me to go insane
And finally blow out my brain,

Sweet Lorraine, ah, Sweet Lorraine.

BRIDGE:
Well you know it's a shame and a pity
You were raised up in the city
And you never learned nothing 'bout country ways,
Ah, 'bout country ways.

The joy of life she dresses in black
With celestial secrets engraved in her back
And her face keeps flashing that she's got the knack

But you know when you look into her eyes
All she's learned she's had to memorize
And the only way you'll ever get her high
Is to let her do her thing and then watch you die,

Sweet Lorraine, ah, Sweet Lorraine.

Now she's the one who gives us all those magical things
And reads us stories out of I Ching,
Then she passes out a whole new basket of rings

That when you put on your hand
Makes you one of the Angel Band
And gives you the power to be a man,
But what it does for her you never quite understand

Sweet Lorraine, ah, Sweet Lorraine

Well you know it's a shame and a pity
You were raised up in the city
And you never learned nothing 'bout country ways,
Ah, 'bout country ways.

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from Hot Pink! (​.​.​.​and other unlikely "hits"), released September 4, 2020
Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine
(Country Joe McDonald)
John Seabury: Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Guitar Solo
Dave Seabury: Vocals, Guitars, Drums
Joshua Raoul Brody: Keyboards
Arranged by Dave Seabury

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