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3) Red Rose Blues - m.litton

Chorus: I got a red rose today, I got a jailhouse sorrow
I got a red rose today, I got a jailhouse sorrow
Ain’t a good man’s noose just the Evil One’s halo

The birds won’t sing long as you carry a gun
And the wind will never blind you
If you never race a horse that can run
And your rose will never grow to wither, girl
If you never ever let it see the sun

That fire on the moon, babe, ya know it’s there ‘n it’s not
You may have visions in your mind
But the fusions all glow from the heart
I swear a woman can’t love a man
Unless she thinks he’s a devil or he’s a god
(chorus)

Leonardo loved a lady, she wore a long black veil
Some say she knew his secret
Though she kept it hidden so very well
Oh Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, did he come
From heaven or did he crawl up from hell?
(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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