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10) Mad Dog Blues - m.litton

Chorus: It’s a rough ol’ world, you’re born to surrender
Though you may run ‘n hide like an old outlaw
It’s rough ol’ world and none are delivered
She’ll shoot ya down, my friend, shoot ya down one ‘n all

When a dog goes mad they’ll shoot him at sunrise
And let the barn cat come ‘n lap up his blood
If he lives so long that he’s old ‘n near blind
They’ll stake ‘im by the river when it’s starting to flood

When I was a child I walked into the pasture
Found bones bleached white by the sun ‘n the rain
I recognized my ol’ dog’s brown-black fur
Now I curse the hour I first felt my soul give way

The lilac bloomed in the cemetery breeze
Mixed her perfume with the stench of death
Beneath those bones the grass grew green
The earth feeds each and by each she is fed
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When a man goes mad he best jump in the river
If he don’t jump fast they’ll haul him away
In the give ‘n take some are taken by the giver
While others put up gold for their burin’ day

So tell my sons there’ll be peace in the valley
Tell my daughters that the lilac blooms
You can tell ‘em all I’ve gone out huntin’
Gonna shoot a mad dog in the afternoon

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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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