From the recording Earth & Fire
3. Bucket & A String 3:00
Mike Quick - vocal, 3 string cigar box
Matt McKeown - drums
Produced by: Billy Chapin
written by: Mike Quick
Lyrics
Everybody's ringing
nobody answers the call
I got a hundred fires
And I can't stop them all
Hopes and prayers
Are dancing on my grave
Give me a nickel and a bus
back to younger days
Got a Guitar, suitcase
lyrics a mile long
Please don't ask me to sing
another deadman's song
You say you got to live like a king
I'll be doing fine with a bucket and a string
I'll be doing fine, I'll be doing fine
I'll be doing fine with a bucket and a string
I'm easy with the ladies
A gentleman takes it slow
She watered down my whiskey
She wants another round to go
You say you ran with Elvis
when you used to rock and roll
I think the more you talk
the fatter your tail is told
I was 15 lost my virginity to Beverly
She was a sweet black frame
That flipped me like a willow tree
You say you got to live like a king
I'll be doing fine with a bucket and a string
I'll be doing fine, I'll be doing fine
I'll be doing fine with a bucket and a string
