Name: I Live Next To A Giant
Duration: P00H02M41S
Description: This is all a true story about a nightmarish neighbor that is thankfully over. My favorite nickname (I had several) for this person was 'The Big Cringe." I literally had nightmares about them where I would wake up screaming in the middle of the night. That happened at least three times. Oh the stories I could tell.

I Live Next To A Giant

from Cold Town by Brian Straub

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This is all a true story about a nightmarish neighbor that is thankfully over. My favorite nickname (I had several) for this person was 'The Big Cringe." I literally had nightmares about them where I would wake up screaming in the middle of the night. That happened at least three times. Oh the stories I could tell.

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I Live Next to a Giant © Brian Straub 10/31/09

I live next to a giant
He’s an ogre with no soul
Life right next to him
Has taken its toll on me woo wee

You should hear him howl
his sides all shaking loose
Just a glimpse of him
chokes me like a noose around my neck aw heck

Chorus

He goes stomping through the night
Likes to yell and fuss and fight
He goes crashing all around the room
Like brimstone, fire, and doom
I live right next to a giant

He’s right outside my window
screaming on his cell phone
Bet you thought them monsters
were always alone it ain’t so oh no

Maybe you like to wonder
where the wild things are
They’re bounding up my steps
on the way home from the bar with a bunch of friends never ends

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Instrumental Verse

Back at my window in the morning
Drinking coffee and sucking down smokes
Must have out been out pillagizing
and terrorizing folks of the town gets me down

Chorus 2 Xs

Tag Last Line 2 Xs

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from Cold Town, released December 2, 2017
Brian Straub - writer, vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin
Ed Hodge - bass
Henry Mansfield - keyboard, drums
Geli Weurzner - fiddle
Tom Humphreys - backing vocals

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Braintwang Seattle, Washington

From Baltimore to Seattle, I've been writing songs for over 30 years and have built up a body of work. My two previous bands, Armadillo Borealis and Secondhand Sunday, performed and recorded some of my songs that are represented here. This year (2016), I started Dog House Prayers and began documenting more of my songs through home recording. ... more

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