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Shawn Mullins — Tannin Bed Song
Album: Soul's Core
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Released: 1998
Length: 3:14
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maria lays in the tannin bed
and reads the tuesday news
shes down there evry week at the
same time with the same old blues
she reads the funny papers
and then the classifieds
and if she aint too sleepy theres the
weather report on the flipside
and this kansas life is a hard one
for a girl from miami
you're just starin out at the oil fields
and thats all that i can see
her old mans in the same place
since the company let him go
just sippin the pabst blue ribbon and
cussin amoco
maria drives home
from the tannin bed
and the black clouds
roll across the sky
she pulls into the trailor park pops the
trunk and calls the kids outside
said theres a twister commin
and you havent got a clue
i aint gonna sit here in this double
wide and wait around for you
cause im takin the microwave oven
and im takin the color tv
and im packin up the chevy
with the kids and whats left of me
this kansas life is a hard one
for a girl form miami
just starin out at the oil fields
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 Chef2B wrote:
I would say you are a pretty lucky person if you are getting this type of music at your local open mike. Some of us are not quite that lucky.
 




You are right, Shawn.. This is quite pleasant.

For the rest of you,

Turning your nose up to good music is why I tuned into it. You hate what I like. I guess you never saw much of life. Sorry about that.

Now, I want to make it the new hit.
Thanks guys!



Posted 8 years ago by closedanger    [ Reply ]
This is country, death to country music!
Posted 8 years ago by glassman    [ Reply ]
Only thing worse than his music is having to look at that damn album cover.
Posted 9 years ago by Whirlpool    [ Reply ]
 cc_rider wrote:
Naw. REAL country is single wides. Them double wides is what those dang uppity neighbors got, down the road a piece. Ever since they took the wheels off'n that thing, they'ze been putting on airs like they'ze royalty or sumting. Shawn Mullins is pretty good. I think he'll get better too. c.
 
My Weltanschauung has expanded...perhaps not to double-wide proportions, but still...

I thank you for this insight into The Lone Star lifestyle, cc_rider.  

This song reminds me of the grittier moments of "Friday Night Lights."

"Tim Riggins" from "Friday Night Lights" standing outside camper 

Single-wide?!? That's fer soft wusses. Campers are for real men.  And no, I don't have a glass for your beer. 
Posted 9 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
SoundsGoodToMe wrote:
This is like a checklist for things to include in a country song: Trailer park. Check. double wide. Check. pabst blue ribbon. Check. missin' letters. Check.
Naw. REAL country is single wides. Them double wides is what those dang uppity neighbors got, down the road a piece. Ever since they took the wheels off'n that thing, they'ze been putting on airs like they'ze royalty or sumting. Shawn Mullins is pretty good. I think he'll get better too. c.
Posted 16 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Kurt Cobain reincarnated. Love this guy and the whole album is a winner.
Posted 16 years ago by theanniewithin    [ Reply ]
Now there's a visual for you- this guy, butt naked in a tanning bed.
Posted 16 years ago by felam    [ Reply ]
This song is like seven layers of delicious flavour.
Posted 16 years ago by bettaSplendens    [ Reply ]
Tanning Bed? Try, this puts me to sleep!
Posted 16 years ago by squidish    [ Reply ]
...lush production here, very very lush...
Posted 16 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
very good. but the best song is "lullaby".
Posted 16 years ago by mefrombrazil    [ Reply ]
This is another guy I could live without (along with David Gray)
Posted 16 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
I remember seeing Shawn at Eddie's Attic in Hotlanta. He even played at my friend's wedding reception. Cue Barbra - "Memories, like the corners of my mind..."
Posted 17 years ago by haljordan    [ Reply ]
ahoylola wrote:
You clearly don't know what a mullet is. It's all in the bangs and burns man.
Mullet's all business in the front, and party in the back.
Posted 17 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
Tom Waits' bastard son?
He wishes!
Posted 17 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
physicsgenius wrote:
More like Shawn Mullet. Thank you, I'll be here until the end of the song.
You clearly don't know what a mullet is. It's all in the bangs and burns man.
Posted 17 years ago by ahoylola    [ Reply ]
SoundsGoodToMe wrote:
This is like a checklist for things to include in a country song: Trailer park. Check. double wide. Check. pabst blue ribbon. Check. missin' letters. Check.
A Double Wide is only for them's who's made a hit....
Posted 17 years ago by strick    [ Reply ]
For some reason, I just don't like any of this guy's songs.
Posted 17 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
physicsgenius wrote:
More like Shawn Mullet. Thank you, I'll be here until the end of the song.
Wow, this P.G. guy is coming around...
Posted 17 years ago by strick    [ Reply ]
FilmSurgeon wrote:
Wow. That is one bad idea for an album cover.
Au contraire.
Posted 17 years ago by meydele    [ Reply ]
Wow. That is one bad idea for an album cover.
Posted 17 years ago by FilmSurgeon    [ Reply ]
This is like a checklist for things to include in a country song: Trailer park. Check. double wide. Check. pabst blue ribbon. Check. missin' letters. Check.
Posted 17 years ago by SoundsGoodToMe    [ Reply ]
sew sew
Posted 18 years ago by crowhog2000    [ Reply ]
More like Shawn Mullet. Thank you, I'll be here until the end of the song.
Posted 18 years ago by physicsgenius    [ Reply ]
Shawn Mullin, believe it or not, is a great live, solo show. I've seen him twice in a tiny venue in Berkeley, California and he delivers. Without the record companies pushing his sound in the wrong direction all the time, the guy is a hard-working, decent troubador. He's paid his dues, that's for sure, so I cut him a little slack when I hear his Top 40 style cuts.
Posted 18 years ago by rogersullivan    [ Reply ]
great strings arrangement here, i like it alot, percussion too, just have to get used to the voice? been off the playlist for 4 years, wow!
Posted 18 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
I have grown weary of the other Shawn Mullins songs played here on RP. This is a welcome addition.
Posted 22 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
wasn\'t his previous \"hit\" a song sorta similar to this one?
Posted 22 years ago by SuperWeh    [ Reply ]
I would say you are a pretty lucky person if you are getting this type of music at your local open mike. Some of us are not quite that lucky.
Posted 22 years ago by Chef2B    [ Reply ]