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Never Be a Good Girl

by Peaches and Crime

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Allow the smooth blues emanating from Mickey Six String's guitar, the haunting clarinet of Young Catherine and the sultry vocals of Angie Diamond to tell the story of what happens to girls who are too well behaved in this anthem for the workers movement punctuated by Ross on the drums. In honor of the victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire March 25, 1911.

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I'll tell you where they make the shirts that we all buy in stores
In factories where women work and bosses lock the doors
They pay the good girls pennies and pack them in real tight
And nobody will make a scene until they're set a light

So never be a good girl "does-just-what-she-should" girl
The kind of life that that would be don't please me at all
Remember that a good girl "does-just-what-she-should" girl is just setting herself up to take the fall

A good girl never makes a fuss and she never complains
And bosses keep that near to mind when profits on their brains
They cram the girls in tightly upon the building's crown
So when the flames start rising up there's only one way down

The problem with good girls is that good girls are cheap and when you've naught left but your faith you've naught left do but leap

So girls if you think goodness is a point of heavy pride remember the Triangle girls and remember how they died

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released March 23, 2011
Lyrics by D. Schwartz Music by A. Schwartz

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Peaches and Crime Binghamton, New York

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Be transported back in time to a glamorous bygone era with the all original sultry songs of Peaches and Crime.

Ranging from blues and jazz to swing and rockabilly, they span the prohibition era up to the early years of rock n roll.

With Master of Ceremonies and a flair for the theatrical, this act is not to be missed! ... more

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