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Down, Dakota!

by Caleb Groh

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1.
O God, O God, save my soul, hear this psalm Will you teach me how to pray to thee? Well I've seen more stars than the Milky Way and Mars Just a-livin' and a-dyin' like me Well I learned this song on Virginia Carter's lawn And I sang it just to bring me peace And I loved her a lot all that sultry Summer long 'Til she caught fever on the eve of nineteen Woe me, Woe me, to have lost, to bereave But time rolls by so fast Now I'm clear in Cabaret, work for a petty minor's wage Hell I've got what I've got, that's that I take my time when I'm working on a dime But I sure as hell don't tarry Even God's got a name, took his rest the seventh day But I'm working for a girl to marry
2.
I've been all around the world, never lost my shoes Always sworn to silence, always spoke too soon Been up the Rio Grande in a matter of Moons in a manic pursuit of somebody else's truth You can't get that high in a ferris wheel You can't find that drive in an automobile It's a two-headed horse on a carousel Just give it to God or else find your crutch Don't ask how much, just pay up front And sell it to the sky for twice the price when the weather's alright I've been slapped by a pacifist, loved by a narcissist Tarred, feathered, tossed, tethered, All sorts of weathered where I should've known better Made a chicken-wish, got the better bone Led the lesser life, learned to leave it alone Never had a regret, never loosed a secret, Never washed my sorrow in the valley of morrow No dust bowl baby's gonna bruise my heel
3.
Cairo 02:42
Silas makin' his keep, down on Lafeyette St I ain't ridin' off in no one's sunset here except mine Baby you can sing it til your water turns wine, honey that's fine But you're a lover not a leaver, I ain't askin' you to be kind Old Tom Jefferson down the creek Playin' that old-time autoharp, singin' me to sleep Playin' pied piper, old lullabying fiend, Tommy that's keen Singin' black crook blues, I ain't never had a bad dream Always talk about leavin' when the work gets tough Got to Amarillo on a five-card bluff Takes a little blood, takes a little luck Takes a little dipper for to fill my cup No Cairo city gonna crush my heel, ain't no promised land to boast my yield No use takin' it to heart, never get to know how the West Bank feels if you dally in the dark How's the weather, Nile Child? Black cat got my back to the boons
4.
Tegucigalpa 03:01
O Tegucigalpa sunrise quiet O Tegucigalpa sunrise gold Who casts across that allleyway citrus grove O Tegucigalpa sunrise gold O confess you little girl to me O confess you little girl to me Transgressions 'pon the Heavenly Father's Son Worst of which was when you set me free O Comanche on my front porch swing O Comanche on my porch, asleep Make peace with me, your tobacco, my tea For I'm lonesome as a man could be O Geranium Ibericum O Petunia in the Bodie sun What angel sleeps through tribulation's drum? He who doesn't care to keep redeemed

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All songs and instruments by Caleb Groh, recorded at home in Lynn, MA.

Mixed and mastered by Chad "The Wall" Wahlbrink.
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Contact calebgroh (AT) gmail (DOT) com.


More songs from Caleb:
happiestlion.bandcamp.com

And some Christmas songs too: carolingcaravan.bandcamp.com

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released October 8, 2011

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