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12) Down the River - m.litton

I been down the river floatin’, smokin’ dope ‘n hopin’
There’s plenty more just like it waitin’ round the bend
I got a line to rhyme so fine, Jesus/God can’t be no crime
To smile like a broken mirror
When you’re smilin’ at your friends

Chorus: My old bottles are on parade in the park
I like to fill my pipe with ol’ cigars
While the Sunday funnies cover me
I don’t need no sympathy
I’ll fly a bottle rocket all the way out to the stars

Got my lady roped down, hogtied ‘n hold down
Can’t tell her that I love her if I let her run around
Goin’ dancin’ prancin’, chance can’t be too handsome
When you chase the ladies’ pleasures
It’s like the rabbits chasin’ the hound
(chorus)

(Extra verse): Had some gold in my pocket but dropped it
Now Davey Jones has got it
Swallered by the ocean like my teardrops in the sand
Ah pipe up your organ, Gordon
We’ll be portin’ o’er the Jordan
There’s a rumble in the desert
They say some rummy’s in command

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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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