Uncle Ben's Remedy - Shallow Lake

He and the Mrs. Shoved off near Misery Bay

Sailed around Presque Isle and out into the open lake

That’s when he introduced his wife to the gun that would take her life

He said “sorry baby ”, pulled that trigger, and he tied her tight



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How much weight does it take? God damn that shallow lake

He could have lived anywhere but no he lived here

I place can look big until you’re hiding bodies. Now there’s no denying

Even this lake ain't great enough to make her disappear



He told the police the story like he’d rehearsed

Like the weather on the lake it changed quick from bad to worse

When she floated up in Chadwick Bay

And ruined a fisherman’s day

The gun was hid under his mattress like dirty magazine



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Now his alibi is thinner than November ice

He pleading not guilty but he’s hoping that his cellmate’s nice

He’s gonna rot in jail forever

with just one thing to remember

Erie keeps her secrets like a teenage girl



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Written by:
Benjamin Westlund, Harmony Griffin, Shawn Glenn Huestis, Brendan James O'Connor, James Walter Royce

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