Name: Mentone Egg Queen
Duration: P00H02M26S
Description: Written after a visit to Bourbon Street Pizza in Mentone, Indiana. On the counter were tins decorated by teenage girls asking for donations to help elect them the Mentone Egg Queen.

Mentone Egg Queen

from Songs We Made Up by The Matchsellers

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Written after a visit to Bourbon Street Pizza in Mentone, Indiana. On the counter were tins decorated by teenage girls asking for donations to help elect them the Mentone Egg Queen.

lyrics

I was standing out on old Bourbon Street
Smoking my sister’s cigarettes and listening to sneakered feet
When I saw her on the other sidewalk
Wearing a golden jacket and makeup caked like chalk

Green hair, eyes blonde
My mama says you’re all backwards, but I know that’s wrong!
‘Cause you’re the cutest thing this boy’s ever seen
You must’ve been the Mentone Egg Queen

You went into The Bulldog and you got yourself a beer
And all the men sitting in there looked at you mighty queer
Someone took a hit of crack, sat down next to you
You punched his nuts, he fell to his knees and sneezed A-CHOO!

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from Songs We Made Up, released February 12, 2016

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The Matchsellers Kansas City, Kansas

Clever and fearless, The Matchsellers boldly go where Bluegrass has previously feared to tread. Hailing from the heartland of America, they infuse traditional roots music with a modern, irreverent, wild, art-house twist that could only come out of Kansas City. ... more

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May 23

NIBGA Bluegrass Fest

Kendallville, IN
May 25

Wild Rose Moon

Plymouth, IN
May 31

Meramec Spring Park

St. James, MO
Jun 21

Abe and Jake's Landing

Lawrence, KS
Aug 9

Lovegrass

Salina, KS

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