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Kitchen Girl (featuring Tim O'Brien)

from The Road and the Stars by Chris Murphy

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Growing up in the Northeast I was always fascinated by Southern culture and lifestyle. This song is inspired by the great writings of Tennessee Williams, William Faulkner, and Truman Capote, as well as the great actor John Hawkes in the film Winter’s Bone.

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“Kitchen Girl”
words and music by Chris Murphy © 2014 (ASCAP)
published by Chris Murphy Music © ℗ 2014 (ASCAP

Blue gingham dress, second-hand shoes
Dirt on her fingers like some second-hand news
She’s washing the dishes, she’s singing a song
Gonna sit on this porch until she comes along

Kitchen girl, kitchen girl
Kitchen girl, kitchen girl
Kitchen girl, kitchen girl
Kitchen girl, kitchen girl

She come down from the holler, works for my family
She got sisters and brothers living in poverty
Her daddy had a still, found his bones up near the creek
Poor thing so hungry she could hardly speak

Kitchen girl, kitchen girl
Kitchen girl, kitchen girl
Kitchen girl, kitchen girl
Kitchen girl, kitchen girl

Momma taught her how to cook, how to use a needle and thread
She took care of us kids, she’d bake us gingerbread
Grew up tall and pretty, with a smile from heaven above
I swore to the angels she’d be my only love.

Kitchen girl, kitchen girl
Kitchen girl, kitchen girl
Kitchen girl, kitchen girl
Kitchen girl, kitchen girl

But Daddy took a fancy as that girl came of age
His hunger knew no bounds, like a possum in a cage
They stole off together, heard that old truck drive away
Been 30 years now, I hear the sound to this day

The world is a wild place, full of twists and turns
Like a fire in forest, it knows not how it burns
I still dream of that girl, my true love she'll ever be
And late at night I wonder, if she ever thinks of me

Kitchen girl, kitchen girl
Kitchen girl, kitchen girl
Kitchen girl, kitchen girl
Kitchen girl, kitchen girl

credits

from The Road and the Stars, track released August 19, 2016
Chris Murphy - violin, mandolin, guitar
Tim O’Brien - lead vocals
Nate LaPointe - guitar
Dennis Caplinger - banjo
Ted Russell Kamp - bass
DJ Bonebrake - drums, percussion
Herb Pedersen - harmony vocals
Music and lyrics by Chris Murphy © 2014 (ASCAP)
originally released on Red Mountain Blues 8/19/2016
Produced by Chris Murphy and Joshua “Cartier” Cutsinger and recorded by Joshua “Cartier” Cutsinger at Hayloft Studios, Los Angeles CA.

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Chris Murphy Santa Monica, California

Chris Murphy is an American musician, singer/songwriter \ multi-instrumentalist , composer, arranger, and producer. His music influences come from jazz, blues, country, classical, ethnic and electronic, resulting in a distinctly original and powerful voice. Cyrus Rhodes of NO DEPRESSION considers Murphy to be “one of the best songwriters in popular music unjustly flying under the radar.” ... more

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