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3) Ode to Red Rover - m.litton

Bring my bow ‘n bring my fiddle
It’s goin’ to snow tonight
But that won’t stop me from enjoying
You sharing some my wine
Remember when we were young
Evil was sluggish ‘n couldn’t even run
Into that mirror we would laugh
It seemed the good times would never pass
And God lived way up in them clouds
We jumped at the gun, off at a run
Chasing our own shadows danglin’ from the sun
A pretty girl with braids lived up the lane
I hollered “Red Rover!” then sang out her name
And she ran into my arms
We stole the music down from the stars

Waltzin’ thru a mountain meadow with a sweet milk-maid
From the village who says she’d really like to
But she’s so afraid
Dancing girl of the street
I wouldn’t trade you for a queen
Don Quixote lives in my heart
Fighting windmills, collecting scares
You’ll lose one then you’ll lose another
Open up that old attic trunk
Full of pirate treasure ‘n all sorts of junk
When I’m dead count to ten, this story ain’t no sin
And call for Red Rover, he’ll send you a friend
I feel like runnin’ blind, cuttin’ fences ‘n shootin’ signs

“Jesse James ‘n Robin Hood were better than most kings”
So my father told me as he held me and said
“Don’t forget your dreams…”
I wonder why we killed the Indian
Seems like he’d have made a pretty good friend
We chased the buffalo from the plains
Just so we could ride the damn trains
Now Hollywood tells the story with brand-new clothes
All aboard, kick down the door, cough up you money
And spit it on the floor
Up against the wall, make yourselves tall
Cause I’m ol’ Red Rover, I’m a bad outlaw
And I come from way out west
In Spanish spurs and a gambler’s vest

See that moon ridin’ so high,
There’s a bandit in the saddle
It’s the morning star, he’s about to charge
And meet the ol’ sun in a battle

(Extra verse): If you walk in the giant’s shadow
He cannot see you, cause it’s the essence
Of his great presence that’ll always block his view
Hungry birds in the snow make me feel like a broken bowl
I watch the smoke through the chimney rise
Carrying memories through the night
On a journey to the Milky Way
It’s drifted the roads, the barrooms are closed
But springtime is gonna enter ‘neath an arching rainbow
Let’s dry up our tears, uncork the years
And listen for Red Rover to echo in our ears
“You’ll get a new skin every seven
“And by that fraction you’ll go to heaven…”

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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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