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Tiller's Folly w/ John Cowan & Josh Shilling - Death & Taxes

from Go the Road by Tiller's Folly

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Death & Taxes won the Independent Music Award for Best Song For Social Action 2011

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DEATH & TAXES

Me, I'm just a simple man, made for simple things
I work an honest job and try to make ends meet
To make a modest living, I labour days on end
And do the best just to do the best I can

The bell tolls every Sunday, the faithful go to pray
The sermon's ever-changing, but the story's all the same
The church is made of money, still it needs more every day
So you should always leave them something on the plate

Everywhere there's people grinding axes
And just so many things you know are true
There's few things sure in life, but death and taxes
And at every step the Taxman waits for you

Times are getting harder, you try your very best
The Taxman, he comes calling, he wants his pound of flesh
The Devil takes the hindmost while the Taxman takes the rest
It  can put a good man's patience to the test

The Hangman he's a working stiff, he draws a workman's pay
He puts an end to suffering and sends you on your way
He's always ever grateful, and he likes to lend a hand
He always makes a killing in the end

There's powder in the keg and they're striking matches
And just so many things you know are true
There's nothing sure in life, but death and taxes
At every turn the taxman waits for you

The smiling undertaker, he's dapper and refined
He measures me both up and down, and says I'll be just fine
He flatters me to tell me how spruced up I'll look in pine
Says he always gets a chuckle with that line

The Clergy takes confession, hears every word I say
Offers absolution and sends me on my way
To shuffle off this mortal coil and meet my stony end
Delivered from the Taxman, amen

The time has come to batten down the hatches
And just so many things you know are true
There's nothing sure in life, but death and taxes
With every breath the Taxman waits for you
And at every step; the Taxman waits for you
At every turn the Taxman waits for you

credits

from Go the Road, released June 1, 2012
Bruce Coughlan – vocals, acoustic guitar & harmonica
Laurence Knight – acoustic bass & vocals
Nolan Murray – mandolin, fiddle, guitar & tenor guitar
Joby Baker – drums, shakers & vocals
Jeff Autry – acoustic guitar
Sam Bush – mandolin & vocals
Cia Cherryholme – vocals
John Cowan – vocals
Phil Cunningham – accordion
Randy Kohrs – resophonic guitar
Ronnie McCoury – mandolin & vocals
Josh Shilling – vocals
Scott Vestal – banjo
Wendy Waldman – vocals
Strings by Joby Baker – double bass & Nolan Murray – violin & viola
Produced by Joby Baker
Music Director – Nolan Murray
Executive Producer – Laurence Knight
Associate Producer – Brian Smith
All songs written & arranged by Bruce Coughlan
Pre-production by Soren Lonnqvist, Studio Down Under – Abbotsford, BC
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Joby Baker – Baker Studios, Victoria, BC
Additional tracking by Scott Vestal – Digital Underground, Greenbrier, TN
Additional tracking by Stuart Hamilton – Castel Sound Studios, Edinburgh, Scotland
Additional tracking by Randy Kohrs – Slack Key Studios, Nashville, TN
Additional tracking by Wendy Waldman – Longhouse Studios, Northridge, CA
Artwork by Carylann Leoppkey – Dope Designs, Vancouver, BC
Jeff Autrey, John Cowan & Scott Vestal appear courtesy of they bad old selves.
Sam Bush appears courtesy of Sugar Hill Records
Cia Cherryholmes appears courtesy of Stetson & Cia
Phil Cunnigham appears courtesy of Phil Cunningham
Randy Kohrs appears courtesy of Rural Rhythm Records
Ronnie McCoury appears courtesy of McCoury Music
Josh Shilling appears courtesy of MH Music Group
Wendy Waldman appears courtesy of Longhouse Records

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Pacific Canadian-based recording & performing artist, Bruce Coughlan has spent decades making Acoustic Roots Music Music of all descriptions. An expressive singer and rock-solid guitarist, Bruce is driven by one guiding principle: It's all about the Song. ... more

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