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Todd Snider – Explanation (2019) | Track profile | Dork

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Todd Snider
Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3
Explanation

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Explanation

Release date: 15th March 2019

From Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3

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"Explanation" is a track by Todd Snider, from the album Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3, released 15th March 2019. Full lyrics are available below.

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Todd Snider

Todd Snider

Lyrics

Explanation

[Spoken]

Alright, this is called "Watering Flowers in the Pouring Rain", about a guy who used to roadie for Elvis and always kind of fantasized about it being the other way around. Come on, you guys can come through. To this day, Elvis Presley is believed to be alive and well in the Great State of Michigan. Here we go

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From Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3

2019

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Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3

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2019

—Explanation
—Dedication
—Working on a Song
—A Timeless Response to Current Events
—Framed
—Watering Flowers in the Rain
—Talking Reality Television Blues
—The Ghost of Johnny Cash
—Like a Force of Nature
—Just Like Overnight
—The Blues on the Banjo
—Cowboy Jack Clement's Waltz

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