Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin

The Lost Brothers/ Tanglefoot Blues 
(Jody Stecher/Vegetiboy Music BMI) 

The Lost Brothers

I dreamed that three brothers had been in a battle with overwhelming superior forces. They were defending their homes and land and had been driven back to the edge of a cliff overhanging the sea. They were composed as in a movie poster with one in front and middle facing forward and the other two on the sides and somewhat behind him, facing left and right respectively. They had no hope of success but they stood their ground bravely, fortified by the knowledge of the justice of their cause. “The Lost Brothers” might be the theme music for this movie dream. 

“Tanglefoot Blues” began as a mandolin instrumental. The circumstances described in the song gave rise to the words. 

Tanglefoot Blues
(Jody Stecher/Vegetiboy Music BMI) 

I woke up alone I was at home 
with my feet all tangled in the blanket 
Woke up at home I was alone 
with my feet all tangled in the blanket 
I woke up alone I was at home 
with my feet tangled up in the blanket 
Oh my you, my you, how did I get so fat? 

Woke up alone I was at home 
with my feet all tangled in the blanket 
Woke up at home I was alone 
with my feet all tangled in the blanket 
I woke up alone to the jangle of the phone 
keep it to a tingle doncha crank it 
Oh my you, my you
Who put the blanket in the blender? 

I dreamed I played an awful gig 
In a band with the Queen of Farts 
I never heard the tunes before 
I did not know my parts 
We played to a thousand empty seats 
The mic-s pointed at our ankles 
Ohhhh my you, my you 
Who put the tangle in the blankles? 

A rumdum channel and a B grade film 
They caused me to turn in late 
I dressed for lunch with my undies in a bunch 
But I was in such a state 
My big head couldn’t get through the sleeve 
Where my right arm ought to be 
And wouldn’t you know, my left big toe 
Got snagged on the fly, somehow near my knee 
Me oh my, didn’t I fly, across the room I flew 
Have you wondered why it’s called a fly? 
When I hit wall I knew 

Then the hood of my hoody fell in 
I couldn’t pass through again 
My head was stuck and my arms up in the air 
That was when the doorbell rang 
And my elbow it went bang 
As it hit the wall which somehow pulled my hair. 

I woke up alone I was at home 
with my feet all tangled in the blanket 
Woke up at home I was alone 
with my feet all tangled in the blanket 
I woke up alone I was at home 
with my feet tangled up in the blanket 
Oh my you, my you, how did I get so fat? 

When you’re gone I make the best of it 
I’ll wash a dish and leave the rest of it 
I do not very much like it when you’re gone 
I tidy up my desk a bit 
More than not I make a mess of it 
Then I give up and turn the TV on 

I hate it when you’re gone, I’ll be alone 
with my feet all tangled in the blanket. 
I’ll wake up alone I’ll be at home 
With my feet tangled up the blanket 
Waking up alone knowing your gone 
And my big  feet strangled in the blanket 
Oooohhhhh my you, my you 
I wish you’d come on home. 

Jody Stecher: mandolin,  vocal 
Ethan Jodziewicz : bass 
Tony Trischka: banjo (on Tanglefoot Blues) 
Tashina Clarridge: fiddle 
Tristan Clarridge: cello