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Horseshoe Bend

I warn you boys
When you get to Horseshoe Bend
You’d be wise to heed my advice:

Work hard each day, sleep light every night
Store your sugar and coffee in jars that are tight
Stock up that medicine chest with bandages white
Make sure your room has walls filled with sand.

But don’t you never take your six-shooters off
And always keep your rifle within easy reach.

Hear the click of the hail and the Mail Train rushing by
Know the only man on the plains is your reflection
Feel the blood in your veins and ease all your pains
I’ll sing you disappearing out into the gloaming.

I warn you boys
When you get to Horseshoe Bend
You’d be wise to heed my advice:

Work in a section gang and never be late
Get a brace of four mules and haul some freight
Take your buck fifty every day, just tuck it away
Leave Silky and her sisters all alone.

Still don’t you never take your six-shooters off
And always keep your rifle within easy reach.

Hear the rails start to sing and the freight rolling by
See the caboose gently drop off the horizon
Set a candle in the night say your prayers it’ll be alright
I’ll sing you disappearing out into the gloaming.

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from Midnight's Break (Live at The Majestic) Double Disc, released June 7, 2013
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Venice Gas House Trolley Madison, Wisconsin

Venice Gas House Trolley is the sound of a new creative generation that believes imagination is liberation. The band is jammy, jazzy, funky, and tribal with spoken word poetry and heavy grooves. VGHT's music is packed with psychedelic soundscapes and boundary exploring arrangements while still providing enough hooks and thick grooves to keep audience's heads bobbing and feet moving. ... more

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