Name: Eternal Jackpot
Duration: P00H02M14S
Description: Andrew McAusland and I sat down together in the main room of my house (with the big old open wooden ceilings) and played this together. One take, no overdubs. Just a couple of guys playing and singing. Originally intended to be on the Invisible Music record we released in 2012, so I think this was probably recorded in late 2011.

Eternal Jackpot

from Verbal Tan by John Ralston

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Andrew McAusland and I sat down together in the main room of my house (with the big old open wooden ceilings) and played this together. One take, no overdubs. Just a couple of guys playing and singing. Originally intended to be on the Invisible Music record we released in 2012, so I think this was probably recorded in late 2011.

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I got blessed with the Eternal Jackpot
I've been winning so long
I forgot what losing felt like, so I put it in this song
(This won't take long)

Good goddamn this Eternal Jackpot
I win it every night
I put on my fair face, my powdered hairpiece and I watch my river turn to rice
Yeah that's right (you heard me right)

I was born like a sweatshop, baby, 1979
I got tired of looking up, so I fell a little ways behind
But I don't mind

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from Verbal Tan, released February 3, 2017
Andrew McAusland: Gtr/Vox
JR: Gtr/Vox

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