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It Stands To Reason Why

by Jimmy Crouse

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1.
Horse Sense 04:26
Horse Sense It stands to reason why there Is no answer It stands to reason why there Is no trace it Stands to reason why there Is no answer It stands to reason why there Is no case and Only to find it smells better Than it tastes it Stands to reason why there Was no answer It stands to reason why there Was no trace it Stands to reason why there Was no answer It stands to reason why there Was no case and Only to find it smells better Than it tastes
2.
Crow 02:16
Crow Crow Crow out at the very thing And crow out at the very thing That all the stupid know will only eat crow Crow out to the very thing And crow out to the very thing All the stupid know will only eat crow Crow out for the very thing And crow out for the very thing The stupid know will only eat crow
3.
The Fat of the Land From the cradle to grave and A simple goal from The cradle to grave and An honest soul Cradle to grave And on the way to Comfort off of the Fat of the land From the cradle to grave and A simple plan from The cradle to grave and An honest man Cradle to grave And on the way to Comfort off of the Fat of the land From the cradle to grave and A simple rule from The cradle to grave and A bellyful Cradle to grave And on the way to Comfort off of the Fat of the land
4.
Gravy 01:49
Gravy Further what will may be No two ways about Further what will may be No two ways about Further what will may Be later come the gravy for All of this and more All of this and more Further what will may be No two ways about Further what will may Be later come the gravy for All of this and more All of this and more Further what will may Be later come the gravy for All of this and more All of this and more
5.
Regular 03:41
Regular As the feces is Abundant may it Fertilize the ground As the feces is Abundant may it Fertilize the ground Going out as I continue Coming in as I am found As the feces is Abundant may it Fertilize the ground I spoiled Even as the going and the Coming leave me soiled As the feces is Abundant may it Fertilize the ground Going out as I continue Coming in as I am found

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All songs written prior to 1991. Recorded at home in 2018.

Review of It Stands To Reason Why:

"It Stands To Reason Why is a true masterpiece of cyclical, clever wordplay and lo-fidelity folk."
www.skull-valley.info/2018/04/jimmy-crouse-it-stands-to-reason-why.html

“I think of him as one of the best singer-songwriters I ever heard and certainly THE most neglected one.” - Ian Nagoski, Canary Records

"Crouse’s concept of time plays by its own idiosyncratic rules... Prima materia from The First State." - Mike Pursley, Tiny Mixtape

“There’s nothing else exactly like it.” - Dan Bodah, Vocal Fry/WFMU


Jimmy is a member of Remote Choir remotechoir.bandcamp.com

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There's no easy way into Jimmy Crouse.

His songs are these cyclical incantations of deep feeling.
I saw him do it in person many times. I was one of the few, because I lived in Newark, Delaware, of all places, in the 1990s, of all times, when he happened to do it in front of people, although not many.

It was strange then, for sure, and it's strange now, I'll concede. But, I can't tell you how beautiful it was or how it has haunted me since then.

But now, experiencing his recordings, old and new, I am in utter awe. Here is a singularly beautiful voice, telling some hard truths about personhood. Nasty truths, intoned with forgiveness.

I think of him as one of the best singer-songwriters I ever heard and certainly THE most neglected one. You'd be missing out not to hear him with an open heart.

That's what I think.

Ian Nagoski, Canary Records
Baltimore, MD 2017

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released March 16, 2018

All songs written and performed by Jimmy Crouse.

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Jimmy Crouse is a songwriter and poet from Delaware, living in New York City. He is a member of Remote Choir.

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