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War Wind
m.litton

Late one night in early July with the wheat harvest done
My grandpa and I watched the far fields burn
As he spoke of World War One…
The best of those days was the baseball I played
While we trained under General Wood
And the time my mules stopped the victory parade
On the grounds where ol’ Pershing stood
Then after the war that night in Coblenz
When me ‘n the Swede we got drunk
Too drunk to climb back up in the loft
We bedded down in a cattle bunk

(chorus): And I heard the war wind moan
Through the salient at Saint Mihiel
It blew through the Battle of Belleau Wood
And when the Argonne Forest fell

I served as a medic in the old 89th
We were known as “The Middle West”
Farm boys shipped off to France
We thought the war would be a grand jest
My only wound was a wine-bottle scar
I caught there in a French saloon
Got a week in the brig for a brawl with the Brits
Met the German lads all too soon
(chorus)

Down Roman roads the caissons they rolled
Till the mud covered hub ‘n wheel
The air was filled with suffering cries
Of horse ‘n men being killed
That first dawn at our jumping-off lines
When the shells had shattered the mist
Our heart leapt then sank as we ran
Into battle like you’d fall from a cliff
(chorus)
(bridge):The village bells they were ringing
As all fell quiet along the front
And through those silent nights
While we watched o’er the Rhine
We still heard their cries
And in our dreams back home
The war wind still moaned

Tell me, I asked, what was it like
To see the wounded men die
His silence made me ashamed
I saw the agony fill his eyes
Son, you’re young but it’s time that you know
There are questions you never should ask
We cared for the wounded, buried the dead
Marked a cross on all who were gassed
(chorus & bridge)

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from Between the Wars, released September 16, 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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