Don't Wanna Die in Arkansas

from Bare Bones by The Gothic Cowboy (aka Melvin Litton)

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12) Don’t Wanna Die in Arkansas - m.litton

Chorus: I don’t wanna die in Arkansas
Don’t wanna die in Spain
Please let me die, Lord, close to my home
I don’t wanna long journey to my grave

Now whether I die in the morning
Or whether it’s late at night
Just wear the veil on your shoulders, my love
Don’t let my death darken your pretty eyes

And don’t bury me on the hillside
Where all the crosses stand
But lay me to the side of a great oak tree
In a valley or some small wood of land
(chorus)

Lay a red rose on me
Don’t wake me with your kiss
But before you turn to walk so far away
Use wine to warm my lips

And I’ll dance with you no more, my love
Nor hold you in my arms
I’ll journey through darkness to silence ‘n peace
And sleep with the Hunter in the stars
(chorus)

They say it’s ash to ash
They say it’s dust to dust
There’s nothing to add, nothing I need say
For the wind said all long before us
(chorus)

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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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