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This song originally appeared as a country waltz kinda thing on my 2005 solo record "Revisionary Man". When the Obits started getting going and we needed more material, I rearranged this into a New Orleans-style R&B number. It's always been one of Zimmy T.'s favorites of mine. It usually is towards the top of our setlist because it sets a nice tone for a show.

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"Framed"
(R.F. Restaino)

Imagine yourself painted into a picture
No say of your setting, no way to get out
Perhaps the colors may flatter your features
But give up all hope of ever moving about

I been framed
You’ve got a way of misplacing the blame
Maybe I posed for a picture or two
But the brushes, they belonged to you

All of my friends said I was a sucker
The way that I let you play me like a drum
All I knew then was how much that I loved you
But you mistook my love for a new medium

I been framed
You’ve got a way of misplacing the blame
Maybe I posed for a picture or two
But the brushes, they belonged to you

I still remember when I was your muse
And all-too eager to bend to your whims
You made me up just the way that you wanted
And whomever you wanted, I was glad to be him

I been framed
You’ve got a way of misplacing the blame
Maybe I posed for a picture or two
But the brushes, they belonged to you

I know the secret of old Mona Lisa
And I know the tune that Whistler blew
When he painted his mother on that old rocking chair
Stranted in stillness, forever in blue

I been framed
You’ve got a way of misplacing the blame
Maybe I posed for a picture or two
But the brushes, they belonged to you

credits

from We're in This Thing Together, released February 18, 2010
Written by R.F. Restaino (C) 2010 Dick Frank Music (ASCAP)
Produced by Alexei Sefchick & Rich Restaino
Recorded & Mixed by Alexei Sefchick
Mastered by Randy Avenell

Rich: guitar, lead vocal
Alex: bass
Dave: drums
Hunt: guitar
Lloyd: piano, organ
Sara: backing vocal
Elzie: backing vocal
Roz: backing vocal
Ed McNames: trumpet
Mark Wilson: baritone & tenor saxophones

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"Rich Restaino covers a lot of territory, as apt to remind you of Carl Perkins as David Byrne." -- www.austin.com

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