10000 Maniacs - Maddox Table (Live)

The legs of Maddox kitchen tables
My whole life twisted on a lathe
In a foreman's torrent
My first English was
faster boy if you want your pay
Barking commands
Loud and simple
We could all obey

Then I was forever pulling silvers
Rubbed the sawdust always
Deeper in my eye
Varnish vapor that could linger
On my skin
It held tight
The whine of spinning blades
Still echoes to bother my sleep at night

See that ox
Stamped dead center
On the letter head of the company mail
Four decades a spitting image
Of the animal I portrayed
At Maddox Table a yoke was carved
For my neck

Sun through the window oil spattered
And in mason jars
Tricked plenty seeds thrive
The standing joke
Around the shop was
With my green thumb
Anything'd grow
My part was to laugh
Show and ornery jig had
Cut it at the knuckle bone

See that ox
Trade mark burned
Into every stick of furniture
From horn to tail
Four decades a spitting image
Of the animal I portrayed
At Maddox Table a yoke was carved
For my neck

Was tailor made

O my Dolly was a weak
Not a burdened girl
Treat her to a piece of vaudville
A Wintergarden moving picture show
Bemus Point on July Sundays
By trolley we'd go

To your benefit we's strike or bargain
With the waving fist a union man
Not just for
Smokes spirits candy and cologne
But for
Automobile keys
Cash in the bank
And the deed
On a place called home
10000maniacs - maddox Table.mp4

Live @Rolling Stone in Milano 1987.

Maddox Table

Music video from the 10000 Maniacs DVD Time Capsule using archival footage filmed in 1940 of the bands hometown.

10,000 Maniacs Maddox Table

Description.

Maddox Table

Provided to YouTube by Warner Music Group Maddox Table · 10000 Maniacs The Wishing Chair ℗ 1987 Elektra/Asylum Records for the United States and WEA International for the world outside...

10,000 Maniacs - Pit Viper

10000 Maniacs members John Lombardo, Steve Gustafson and Natalie were actors for keyboard player Dennis Drew's student film (1982) cut to their song "Pit Viper" from Time Capsule DVD.

10000 Maniacs

10000 Maniacs