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Things That Make Me Blue

from Mercury 85 by Dan Johnson

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THINGS THAT MAKE ME BLUE
There’s a house on fire in the pouring rain
And I hear the whistle of a passing train
Fortune teller and the weather vane
Don't that whistle blow so strange
Town to town and state to state
Rolling stone with a heavy weight
There’s a broken door there’s a rusty gate
Tell the engineer that were running late

Been standing on the side of this road so long
Thinking of a girl I once knew
Try to get it right but I always get it wrong
Running from the things that make me blue

Desert cities how they shine
Like the light at the bottom of a diamond mine
Tangled in these telephone lines
I’m gonna get right when I get the time
I live by the side of the lonesome road
Where the sun just shines and the wind just blows
Peaks and the valleys and the highs and the lows
Deep cold creek and the shining snow

Now all I see is the cars go past
And the signs for the food and the beer and the gas
It’s all going down hard and fast
Don't nobody build a thing to last
So I wrap my blankets all around me now
See the stars are falling all around
There’s a car that’s buried underground
Like a ship that’s sinking without a sound

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from Mercury 85, released May 15, 2014

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Dan Johnson Burlington, Vermont

low key folk music - (how many?) records, a few (dozen?) years worth of weird gigs, no pressure y'all... did shows with some great folks and I just love country bluegrass and any kinda folk song mostly...

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