Garrow Four Fifty-Four

by Walter

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a callous mother
5'1", 270
she abused her children
bricks, belts, whips
alcoholic father
passed down paraphilia
sexual arousal
to farm animals
and strange objects
he especially liked the milking machines
the way they sucked made him feel at ease
not many things could do that for young Rob
not the fast food job
not dating the sadist boy
1961
Robert's first rape
7 years in prison
doesn't always change a man

Garrow loved the machines because they made him feel at ease

1973, camping trip
singing bad, bad leroy brown, baddest man in town
listen to the news on the CB radio
there's a man on the loose in the woods named Robert Garrow
my old man didn't have a nickname yet
but soon he would
I don't think he ever killed anybody or anything
except deer and squirrels and woodchucks
I don't think he wet the bed or drove a hatchback
but these were two true blue outdoors men
that would have the wit to walk in and out of streams
just to throw the bloodhounds clear off their scent

Garrow walked in the streams just to throw them off his scent

and yeah he pissed the bed
and yeah he drove a hatchback
and yeah he may have pretended to be paralyzed, but I don't know
I kind of believe the guy
you know what they say
always trust a woodsman

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released February 7, 2015
Recorded by Zacharry Cokeley at The Barrel House in Nyack, NY

Artwork by Ryan Maleady
Edited by Annie Ryan

Drums: Steve Layman
Bass: Zacharry Cokeley
Guitar: Michael Stierle
Vocals: Ryan Maleady

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