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Ezra Pound And The Big Wood River

from Funeral Bonsai Wedding by Steve Dawson & Funeral Bonsai Wedding

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Steve Dawson: electric guitar and vocal
Jason Adasiewicz: vibraphone
Frank Rosaly: drums
Jason Roebke: upright bass

lyrics

I sat in the front room for hours and hours
With Tiffany the one-handed cheerleader
Her long red hair tangled with mine
The moon shone through her living room blinds

She stood on her tip toes and kissed my cheek
I could not breath I could not speak
I sang that song at the top of my lungs
Ah, but sooner or later the ending comes

CHORUS
but it's too late, too late we're strangers now in time
It's goodbye goodbye, I loved you, I can not say why..

A 3 year old boy with pencil and paper
Up to his knees in the Big Wood River
A fascist a poet a critic a mentor
counting the clouds in that mountain water

Where Hemmingway blasted off his own head
Caddisflies creep through the riverbed
When we smashed the slime heads on the rocks
I felt a part of my soul got lost

Your father kicked you when he got drunk
You raged through the mountains alone in your truck
I didn't reach out and I'm sorry for that
Tonight I'm drunk and I'm looking back
REPEAT CHORUS


we lay in the sun on wet grass
laughing like children while summer passed
sparrowhawks, grasshoppers, flickers, mayflies
your skin was warm, It was mid July

A sagebrush path to the giant rock
To watch the river push at the banks
Overhanging cottomwood trees
Shading the shallows, dropping their leaves

REPEAT CHORUS

Ezra Pound was locked in a tower
Blood still flush with the Big Wood water
Tiny white beard, lead from the mines
Raving on behind enemy lines

High on skunkweed we skipped out of school
To watch Mariel swim in the Sun Valley pool
Her granpa's name a useful scar
At 17 years old she's a movie star

Your father kicked you when he got drunk
You raged through the mountains alone in your truck
I didn't reach out and I'm sorry for that
Tonight I'm drunk and I'm looking back

REPEAT CHORUS

I drove in from out of state
I was tired it was getting late
You asked how long I planned to stay
I through down my bag and I kissed your face

credits

from Funeral Bonsai Wedding, released September 19, 2016
recorded and mixed by John Abbey at Kingsize, Chicago, Feb - June, 2014
Mastered by Bob Weston, Chicago Mastering Service

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Steve Dawson’s new solo album tells a powerful story of faith lost and artistry reborn. AT THE BOTTOM OF A CANYON IN THE BRANCHES OF A TREE revisits depths that many of us have experienced in recent years and takes us to heights to which we all aspire.

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