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6) Belladonna - m.litton

It was sad, ah so sad, when you finally went home
You had no more dreams, you had no more gold
There were faces from the pages of long, long ago
And too much kindness in the words they spoke

As the grapevine unwinds behind your trail
Your sense another meaning from those who wish you well
Through each grape of gossip they sink their teeth
Then run to spite the seed of your defeat

Chorus: Oh where is the outlaw who laughed at the game
The young gypsy minstrel who broke all his chains
Who played his soul like dice
And let the full moon flood his eyes
He’d act on any dare, ah but lately he’s known fear

The laughing madonna’s of his younger days
Have come to tease him in his dreams of late
They let you touch them then you awake
From memories you cannot seem to shake

You have run the gauntlet, you’ve taken many blows
Now you’re staring back through familiar windows
Were it not for your image beyond the glass
You’d never ever look into the past
(chorus)

From the hilltop windmill thru the bay window pane
Seems even the wind is calling your name
You knock on the door and wait to be claimed
Then enter so empty, cold, and changed

You rush up the stairs, down the hall, room to room
Searching each closet for some final clue
Into the viper darkness of her bittersweet lips
Into her bone-white arms to shed your skin

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from Bare Bones, released October 2, 2020

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I'm a creekbank ghetto boy. Began my singin' near half a century ago in Canada, then hit northeast, down thru Nashville, Austin, out to Colorado and back to Kansas where I started out and will likely remain. My influences are Leadbelly, Jimmie Rodgers, CCR and The Band, while the juices of a hundred others flavor my music, not to mention the devil himself if that's what it takes to make a song... ... more

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