Episode 8 Why Not Marry Tales From the Homestead

Why Not Marry is the 8th track on The Carnivaleros' Tallsome Tales release.

We've been sweethearts since we were twelve years old
So why not marry me
Our secrets are unlocked all our stories told
Why not marry me
We can live in the house that my folks passed down
Be so fine just you wait and see
Would be a good life I'd provide for thee
Why not marry me

Yes, we've been together for all these years
But I cannot marry thee
I know your sisters and your brothers, aunts and uncles, too
I cannot marry thee
I know you want to settle in our little hometown
With a wife raise a family
But I have to move along need to see this world
I cannot marry thee

Sometimes a friend's just a friend
And we carry on
Lovers come and go like time
It's hard to find a friend
That will stick to the end
Won't cross that line
We'll both be fine

It's been so many years since you left this town
You never did marry me
You traveled o'r the world didn't let you down
Never did you marry me
I'm living in the same house in my little hometown
Laid down roots like an old oak tree
But I've loved you every day since you went away
Never did marry me

Yes, I've traveled here and there seen this big old world
Never did I marry thee
I feel like I've been on a tilt-o-whirl
Never did I marry thee
But I miss your little house on the edge of town
It's taken years of trial and error to see
That I've loved you every day since I went away
I might still marry thee
I might still marry thee

Sometimes a friend's just a friend
And we carry on
Lovers come and go like time
It's hard to find a friend
That will stick to the end
Won't cross that line
We'll both be fine

Gary Mackender - drums, accordion, percussion, vocals
Catherine Zavala - vocals
Karl Hoffmann - bass, guitars
Joe Fanning - electric and acoustic guitar
Don Armstrong - banjo