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    This is a physical copy of the debut EP "Pickin' at Bones" by The Honest Vultures. This EP features 5 original alt-country tracks with special guest vultures Lightnin' Luke (Bridge City Sinners & Tejon Street Corner Thieves) and bassist Tim X Sweeney.

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lyrics

Ain't Me

An honest vulture has no shame
No need to blame
Just feeds on death and tragedy.
And it's the truth that I'm the same
I've played the game
Picked every bone that I've found clean.


Been told my whole life
I got trouble knowin' right from wrong.
Every decision bad,
my will too weak and
head too strong.
They say give up the fight,
just turn your tail and flee,
But they can't see
That just ain't me.


Been burned and busted, thrown away,
be as it may.
I'll keep shootin from the hip.
I turned my ashes into clay,
mold my own way.
Despite this balance I still trip.


Up on your pulpits,
you try telling me where I belong.
I've never needed you,
Have always written my own song
Won't spend my whole life chasing
someone else's dream
You'll come to see,
That just ain't me.


Whoaaah open your eyes

Whoaaah you'll realize

Whoaaah I see the lies

Don't act surprised


Your brimstone crumbles to the ground
A broken crown
Forever more I ain't your clown.

Don't care what I've been told
Don't care what faults others may find
I know what's right and wrong
Not listening to weakened minds
Won't take no solace in a
God of make believe
No praise to be,
No hail to thee,
I'm eating fruit straight from that tree,
I guarantee
That just ain't me.

credits

from Pickin' at Bones, released October 16, 2020
Guitar/Drums - Kris Vulture
Guitar/Vox/Drums- Jeff Vulture
Featuring:
Upright Bass - Tim X Sweeney
Fiddle - Lightnin' Luke

Recorded at Low Shelf Recording
Engineered and Mixed by Jesse Payne

Mastered by Justin Longerbeam

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The Honest Vultures Portland, Oregon

The Honest Vultures are an alt-country band from Portland, OR.

The Vultures are back with a new album, "The Wake", out 03/03/23.

Their new release is ripe with tales of brutal loss and the crooked pathway through grief and depression that inevitably follows. The record winds its way through substance abuse, caregiver burden, ego death, and even some triumph as it reaches the closing track. ... more

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