I have a lot of songs that I never really get to play, so I did a live stream of a couple of them on Facebook. That was fun, so I may keep doing it. The link for them is:
Kancamagus' Git-tar
Nobody sits on Hammurabi's bar stool
They don't want to disrespect the dead
Kancamagus' git-tar hangs on the wall
Take it, and you could get slapped upside the head
Pliny was talking to Madame Curie last night, Pliny says
'If I'd had access to Gutenberg's printing press,
I could have told the whole truth about Trajan
Spread it around and had him all up in a mess'
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I work in a bar where all the greats hang out
I wipe down tables, make sure the ashtrays are clean
Nobody notices me if I just keep busy
I should be fired, but the boss ain't that mean
The history makers come here to relax
They're loaded down heavy and deep in debt
I coulda been one of them, but I'm not that unlucky
It's a good day if no one's cussed me out yet
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The great mystery of the uncaused cause
The lamb's blood, the lion's claws
He's with them all, the worst and the best
He's Dad's strong arm and Mommy's breast
He's in the leaf, but he's not the leaf
He's in the sea, but he's not the sea
He's in the wing, but he's not the eagle
He's in Peanuts, but he's not the beagle
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I was out watching the big parade
Sipping some wine and sitting in the shade
I thought I saw myself going by
But it was just an illusion that the shadows made
Nobody sits on Hammurabi's bar stool
They don't want to disrespect the dead
Kancamagus' git-tar hangs on the wall . . .
- R. Clogston, 10/29/2019
BC – AD
My old distorted mirror has been shattered
Nothing I see in it ever mattered
There were times when this world had me for its slave
For the thrill of the week, everything I gave
My motto was, question authority.
The only thing in life that was important was me
And I knew there was a light shining deep down inside
And there was no place for me to hide
My friends all used to say, boy, you is crazy
But they didn't mind 'cause I sure put on a show
The things that I fueled up on made me lazy
And for all my education, there's a lot I didn't know
Meanwhile, somebody's shaking his head and looking
Offering me love while I was hooking
Finally got me backed into a corner,
said there's only one way out
And the only other choice is straight down
I used to do, I used to be,
I used to say, hey, but that was BC
Now I am found, now I am free,
No longer bound, you know, this is AD
Now, one day I was driving down the freeway
Couldn't keep from hitting things that got in my way
So I let somebody better than me drive
And the road I'm on is straighter, and I'm glad to be alive
Now I'm a servant of the holy King of Kings
And he has me do such wonderful things
He brought me out of darkness and showed me the dawn
And all I've gotta do is have faith and hang on
Now my friends all say to me, come on in, brother
My family stretches all throughout the earth
My father is the Lord, I'll have no other
And heaven celebrated on the day of my rebirth
Well, I think my father's pleased to know I love him
Every chance I get, I'm thinking of him
He says, boy, there will be times
when this ol' world's just gonna hate you
But when it's all been said and done, son,
you'll be right here by my side
I used to do, I used to be . . .
R. Clogston, March, 1984
