Those Poor Bastards
Those Poor Bastards are an American gothic country band based in Madison, W… Read Full Bio ↴Those Poor Bastards are an American gothic country band based in Madison, Wisconsin. Since 2004 they have released ten full-length studio albums, six EPs and have toured in both North America and Europe.

The band is composed of Lonesome Wyatt (vocals, guitar) and The Minister (banjo, bass, percussion, backing vocals). They are secretive and reveal very little information about themselves.

Growing up, Lonesome Wyatt vaguely described his childhood as very isolated,[4] having few friends at school and "going the whole summer" without seeing them, and that his parents "were insane".[5] He attended Stoughton High School (Wisconsin),[6] graduating in 1997. Inspired by Nick Cave and Johnny Cash, he began to record music in his parents' basement, where he began a solo gothic folk project called Lonesome Wyatt and the Holy Spooks before disbanding it in 2002,[7][5] although the group was revived in 2010.

While looking for a band name in the early 2000s, Wyatt discovered the phrase "those poor bastards" in a book, and decided to use it as the name for his band formed with another unidentified member known as The Minister.[8] In late 2005, his father was alleged to have contacted him for fear that he was a werewolf because he could not remember where he gotten mud on his shoes. Wyatt has been questioned about the incident in various interviews.[9][5] The Minister veils his face in all official band photography, does not perform live and has not revealed his identity.[4] For live performances, Wyatt performs with a third musician, Vincent Presley, on drums, moog, and keyboard. At live shows, Presley is known to play the moog or keyboard with drums simultaneously.

Their song Pills I Took was covered by Hank Williams III on his landmark 2006 release, Straight to Hell.
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Those Poor Bastards Lyrics


A Curse Time to put on your hypocrite shoe You liar, you liar I’ve…
A Robe of Scarlet Thread Everything begins And everything must end At the farmhouse, …
Abomination In the park, abomination Gnashing teeth, abomination Gaspi…
All Dolled Up If you wanna ride in my stinkin' car Get yourself all…
Among the Pines She lost her way, among the pines They havent found her…
Behold Black Sheep I don’t fear Satan And I don’t fear God Six feet of…
Black Dog Yodel (Yodel) You think I care? Well I don't, not anymore Some…
Black Lightning I woke to hear you calling Black lightning Oh Momma you’d …
Crooked Man I am a crooked man bent down by sin Flood water's…
Dead Trees Reaching My church it was condemned My faith it was destroyed The f…
Dead Winter Moon Well come on Jacob Come on John I’ve got something I wanna…
Deep in the Mud Black dreams and crippled thoughts They haunt me Bet you’r…
Doggone That girl was evil, girl was mean She took my bones…



Everything Is Gone Boards on all the window Main street's closed down All the…
Everything Is Temporary Everything is temporary Nothing here will last Breathe the d…
Family Graveyard I’m gonna raise my daddy from the dead Just like that…
Farewell Happy Fields Farewell Happy Fields Hello evening train So long Anna bro…
Fear I hear it whispered real low (fear) My friends it's all…
Getting Old Why do I hate everything new? Why are my eyeballs sinking…
Ghosts! It came out of her eyes This she swore, this she…
Give Me Drugs Give me drugs So I can go outside Give me drugs I think…
Glory Amen Every time I sing, I sing for the Lord Glory, glory,…
God Damned Me Alright. If you wanna see a man with a lot of…
God's Dark Heaven Guided by something I cannot describe Foggy, dark presence B…
Guilt There's a feeling I have When I wake up Sunday morning My…
Have I Been Faithful Have I been faithful? Yes Lord! Have I been sober? Yes Lo…
He of Cloven Hoof I don't wanna burn I don't wanna drown I don't wanna lay…
Hoist That Skirt Hoist that skirt above your knee And comb the demons from…
I Am Lost Oh Bad luck Bad luck I've had lots of bad luck Bad luck, bad…
I Cannot Escape the Darkness There is a curse Upon my every waking breath And I cannot…
I Will Bring You Dead Flowers I will bring you dead flowers I will carry your Bible…
In The Backwoods Well I was raised by Papa Misery And Mama Guitar I never …
John Henry Gonna If there’s no truth comin’ from your tongue John Henry’s go…
Judgement Is Coming Jesus a knockin’, a knockin’ on my door He kept on…
Let Us Rot Up on the cross (Jesus) Up on the cross (Jesus) No one…
Lonely Man Time for some sad stuff, honey Don't cry for me, no Lonely…
Lost On The Way The night was black as the cold nights of Satan,…
My Beautiful Knife Yeah Sticking my switchblade in the guts of a man Feeling hi…
Nightmare Lullaby All of this will pass I swear that it is true And…
Nightmare World Let us meet beside the field That stretches across the nigh…
Old Pine Box I don't want you coming around to see me Go back…
Old Red Red Old Red Black as the night Swallowed that Indian In just…
Phantom Pool All the folks who pass away Before they get religion End up…
Pills I Took I've been awake for 8 days straight Must've been them pills…
Radio Country Radio Country, that sodomizin' beast Radio Country's been k…
Raw & Bleeding I'm warning you friends This aint the sanitized safe and cl…
Ruin My Life Now I've been askin' since the sun come up What do…
Swallowed By Sin I have been swallowed by sin I have been swallowed by…
The Accident Alright Well I was in an accident, they said I was…
The Bright Side Things are bound to get better Someday you’ll be happy You…
The Dust Storm There's a dust storm forming in the sky Blowing down the…
The Hellbound Train A drunkard lay on the bar room floor. He drunk until…
The Plague It was not the rats It came from the air All my…
The Stranger I do not know that I was ever born I do…
Thee Beginning Some folks don't fit With any crowd They get lumped together…
There's Gotta Be Something Better The beast has got a hold of me And I don't…
This Is Desperation *Screaming* Pull up a chair crooked sinner I see the blood…
This World Is Evil ahhhhh Who will cast the first stone? Who will send me bac…
Today I Saw My Funeral Today I saw my funeral It was an awful sight The grass…
Where She Been Gotta find my baby ’Fore the day is through Lord Goin’ dow…
With Hell So Near Got nothin’ to say for myself I’m just a poor bastard…


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