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The bars in the prison are made of metal
Today they're going to rattle just like a kettle
As I walk down the prison aisle
Wearing my wedding dress

Inmates all screaming form the gallery Showering confetti down on me
The happiest day of my life
The warden reads the Bible

Rattle the bars

Something borrowed, something blue
A bummed cigarette in a policeman's shoe
The bridesmaid's all got twenty to life
For killing their cousins with a kitchen knife

Rattle the bars
Rattle the bars

And when the electricity starts to fail
I'm gonna strangle that warden with my wedding veil
I'll jangle the keys and I'll spring the lock
And I'll walk out into the sunrise
The prettiest bride in Leavenworth

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from Spottiswoode & His Enemies, released September 1, 2000
Spottiswoode: Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
John Young: Bass
Tim Vaill: Drums
Candace DeBartolo: Sax, Vocals
Kevin Cordt: Trumpet, Vocals
Riley McMahon: Guitar

Produced by Teddy Kumpel
Mixed by Gene Holder
Written by Spottiswoode, JSpot Music ASCAP

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Spottiswoode & His Enemies New York, New York

For over 2 decades, Spottiswoode & His Enemies have been a constantly self-reinventing New York institution. The IMA winners recently earned three more nominations for their 7th record, LOST IN THE CITY, “an immersive theater-of-the-mind love letter to New York”.

Spottiswoode's songs appear in numerous TV shows and films including Either Side Of Midnight for which he also wrote the screenplay.
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