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Written by Adam Fromm and performed live by Murder Ballads with Marnen Laibow-Koser at a house concert in Malden, MA on May 30, 2015. Come hear our latest goings-on and purchase our debut CD Pretty in Scarlet at http://murder-ballads.com.

Catt Kingsgrave: lead vocals
Adam Fromm: guitar, vocals
Marnen Laibow-Koser: violin

video by Ken Ernstein
thanks to Kate Fractal and her housemates!

lyrics:

Maryanne the secretary never showed up
That's not like her at all
And neither did Henry, the guy with the hearing aid
Who works down the hall
I was even late myself, I had stuff to attend to
The squirrels had gotten into the feeder again
I suppose this sort of thing happens every now and then
But you can't help but start to wonder when

They start to happen one by one
One by one
They happen one by one
By one by one by one

It's been almost a week; there must be an epidemic
Hardly anyone's here
And I can't say as I mind all the overtime pay
But it's still pretty weird
And as for the feeder, it's not there anymore
It's like somebody got it with a circular saw
And maybe I'm just paranoid, one never is sure
But every time I take a look outside my door

The squirrels are lined up one by one
One by one
Lined up and smiling one by one
By one by one by one

I was at work today for all of ten minutes
I was the only one in
Didn't even get my coffee, 'cause the Starbucks was closed
At least traffic was thin
And the people in my neighborhood have all disappeared
But there's a dozen times as many squirrels as were ever here
And I used to just be nervous; now it's bone-shaking fear
I saw a squirrel with a hearing aid in its ear

I lock the windows one by one
One by one
Barricade the doors one by one
By one by one by one

Well, it seems that I'm the last of the human race
The last of my kind
I've got a double-barreled shotgun, a triple-locked door
Slowly losing my mind
"Cause it's a matter of time; those squirrels ain't dumb
And they've still got all their opposable thumbs
I can't hide forever, and there's nowhere to run
Take a look around the corner, here they come

They're coming one by one
One by one
Coming one by one
By one by one
They're coming one by one
One by one
One by one
By one by one by one by—