Old 97'sare an "alt-country" band originally based in Dallas, Texas. The group formed in 1993 and took their name from a song popularized by Johnny Cash, "Wreck of the Old '97." They describe themselves as a rock band with influences as varied as The Kinks, The Beatles, Pixies, David Bowie, Johnny Cash, and Merle Haggard. The band often performs country standards made famous by the latter two musicians, and has interspersed a number of these on their half-dozen albums over the last decade. Old 97's have been heralded as a great live band, although they claim to never rehearse their act. They included five live songs as a bonus disc on Satellite Rides, and released a live double CD set recorded at historic Gruene Hall in 2005, Alive and Wired.
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I was playing every monday on burgundy in some shitty little bar.
I was working on a novel called new orleans ain't no city - it's a scar.
The heroine does heroin, the hero wears his hair just like the king.
He says, "it ain't my job to sweet talk you. my job's just to sing."

I was loved once by a woman, she don't love me anymore.
504. 504.
And i won't never know no woman like the one i'd known
Before. 504. 504.
And she don't love me anymore.

Well the hero wears a hair-net,
From the outset he drinks jax beer from a can.
He says, "there's something 'bout this city always gets me.
I'm a sentimental man."
Well the heroine plays violin and reads her elmore leonard everyday.
She's the one that finds the body. he's the one that gets away.

I was loved once by a woman, she don't love me anymore.
504. 504.
And i won't never know no woman like the one i'd known
Before. 504. 504.
And she don't love me anymore.

I was loved once by a woman, she don't love me anymore.
504. 504.
And i won't never know no woman like the one i'd known
Before. 504. 504.
You know she had me singing gospel out in the kitchen on
The floor. 504. 504.
And she don't love me anymore.

No she don't love me anymore. no she don't love me anymore.
504.