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The Old 97s – Murder (Or a Heart Attack) Lyrics 17 years ago
Rhett Miller was actually at the time my uncle's roommate when they lived in LA. My uncle had a cat whom he was insanely obsessed with. The cat was his best friend basically. So my uncle was out touring with a band and Rhett accidentally let the cat get out.
This is why he was so frantically searching for the cat. And when he says "leaving myself open to a murder or a heart attack" it meant my uncle was either going to kill him or he was going to have a heart attack from being so nervous about losing the cat.

It was really cool growing up knowing Rhett. Haven't seen him in years but my uncle is actually on their tour with them as i leave this comment. which is pretty cool.

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