Long Way From Beulah Land

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

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5) Long Way From Beulah Land - m.litton

I like to skim it off the top
But the bottom of the deck is just fine with me
I’ll take a throw on the dice
And let the roulette wheel spin up another dream
If I stay surprised I’ll have more wrinkles
Above my brow than under my eyes
Takes a friend’s advice, drink your firewater cool
And cross the desert at night

I’ve been hangin’ from a noose in F ‘n G
And C ‘n D too
Waitin’ for my lady to come cut me down
So I can sing away my blues
I need a harder edge, some wagon room
A Stetson hat ‘n alligator shoes
A brand-new suit ‘n big bowtie
Now I might not improve but sure gonna try

Chorus: I live a long way from Beulah Land
And Lord, I’m doin’ about the best I can
I might live this life a little too fast, friend
But, ya know, I’ll never ever get a chance again

My candle burns at both its ends
And it make my mamma cry
But ya never know just what the hell
I might need that much more light
If night is a tunnel into the day
Then life is a funnel into the grave
And there’s damn little light
Where that box you’re in descends

So I’m wild in the manger, out in the pasture
Wild as a coon in the corn
I’m wild with laughter gonna love ya ever after
In the back seat of my Ford
Got wild as a bandit from Tuesday to Saturday
Scattered my wild oats, spilled my brandy
Life is a wild ‘n perilous act
Don’t you ever look back. don’t ever think twice
(chorus)

Now I’ll confess I’m a little deranged
But I swear I ain’t no dunce
I can write my name, divide by seven
And I know when it’s time to punt
Now you may think that the sun shines more
Upon you face than mine
Well if it’s true you’ve never lately left a clue

I love Lilly de Loup, she lives down in the valley
And her breath smells of thyme
She’s five foot dandy, free ‘n handy
And greatly on my mind
She has a ponytail of long corn silk
And comes to me when I whip-o-will
Her fiddle-lee-dee ‘n animal charm
Can’t do me no harm ‘n it ain’t no crime
(chorus)

That snappy ol’ turtle told the bad habit rabbit
Ya better lay off the booze
You’ll never get even with the whiskey ‘n the women
It’s a race you’re born to lose
Well I suppose that damned ol’ hair
Is gonna linger by the roadside but I’ll declare
There’s a hurtle for the turtle
He’ll stew when the race is through

And the itty-bitty ant is steady on the job
Yes, he builds a mighty hill
He’s the insect Sisyphus cursed to the endless
Toil of a weary tale
While the grasshopper yearns to dance ‘n sing
He’s a deuce, he’s wild, he’s a joker, he’s a king
Does the two-step, four-step, jitterbug, waltz
And a little boogie called “Gonna fiddle till I die!”
(chorus)

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from Bare Bones, released October 2, 2020

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The Gothic Cowboy/The Border Band Lawrence, Kansas

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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