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Pan​-​American Highway

by Bill White

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1.
A Dream of You 02:19
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Go to sleep now Or the world will stop its spinning When you awake You will be someone else Id rather be a ghost Still able to see you Than a newborn baby With no memory I would watch you dance Like cloud on a river As you sail through the years Of a new century Let me fall Into a dream of you Until I wake Beside you again Yesterday we stood in a garden Wet with rain And looked into a sky That will never be the same LIke the sun and the moon Everything keeps moving We are all a part Of that circle game Let me fall Into a dream of you Until we wake In the garden again Let me fall Into a dream of you Until I wake Beside you again
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#9 Prentiss Street 03:58
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On the corner of second and union The #9 bus passed me by 2 hours til the next one And its getting dark outsid 12 miles from home And im only 8 years old Guess ill walk up to the embassy watch another movie til the time goes #9 Prentiss Street Turns west on Yesler Way Then south down Rainier Avenue And circles round the lake When i see the yellow grocery store I ring the bell to stop Make sure i didnt drop anything Walk the hill into Bryn Mawr 4th Avenue and Madison Red brick YMCA Take the elevator down to the swimming pool Then up to the gym to play 2 cents for a movie 5 cents for a coke Costs nothng to watch the old men Play pool in the cigar smoke I like the popcorn at Woolworths And the candy at G. O. Guy Movie posters in the windows Of reprographics shop I walk by But i never get lost Looking up past the marquees Space Needle to the North Smith Tower to the South of me Then i followed my father Through the Black Hills into Badlands.... Until i reached the place where childhod ends..... Running back, the 9 becomes a 7 And never goes to Prentiss Street again From the top of Queen Anne Hill I looked down at the fair Followed the road beneath the monorail Until i got to who knows where I took the money my mother gave me To ride the bus to the YMCA Bought a ticket to a triple feature And rode home on the escalator Through the floors of the bon marche #9 Prentiss Street Turns west on Yesler Way Then south down Rainier Avenue And circles round the lake When i see the yellow grocery store I ring the bell to stop Make sure i didnt drop anything Walk the hill into Bryn Mawr
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Drink 3 Cups of Coffee, Then Go Back to Bed 02:07
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Woke up this morning with a knife in my head Tried to pull it out but it was dripping red Mama called the doctor and the doctor said Give him 3 cups of coffee then send him back to bed They gave him a medal for killing a man Then threw him in the brig for kissing a man Remember what they did to Dr. Frankenstein When they caught him in the basement making a man Woke up this morning with a knife in my head Tried to pull it out but it was dripping red Mama called the doctor and the doctor said Give him 3 cups of coffee then send him back to bed I aint the genie in the lamp to fulfill your wishes But I can fill your face with 1,000 Karat kisses She loves him an I love her We are the ruins of literature God made the world a very nice place But he gave it away and we laid it to waste Woke up this morning with a knife in my head Tried to pull it out but it was dripping red Mama called the doctor and the doctor said Give him 3 cups of coffee then send him back to bed Im not doing anything to bring me closer To whatever it was I am looking for I came into this world huffin and puffin Then the wolf came along and blew down my door Does He still have the whole world in his hands Or is he juggling on his fingers a marching band Im sitting on my ass and my ass is sore As I watch 1,000 armies marching to war Woke up this morning with a knife in my head Tried to pull it out but it was dripping red Mama called the doctor and the doctor said Give him 3 cups of coffee then send him back to bed
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Pan-American Highway 02:56
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How do you know which way to go? When to turn, when to go straight? Are we here yet? No, we are not even near yet Oh Daddy, its getting late When will we get to the Pan-American Highway Along the Pacific sea Pan-American Highway With Mama, Daddy, and Me Look out yonder. Its the Bridge of the Americas We are crossig over to the other side There will be no Elvis waiting thre for us The water is deep and the river is wide We are riding on the Pan-American Highway Along the Pacific sea Pan-American Highway With Mama, Daddy, and Me We could take an ocean liner or a jet plane to Spain Or stay on this highway til Hell freezes over the Western Plains Pan-American Highway Along the Pacific sea Pan-American Highway With Mama, Daddy, and Me
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Nobody Talks on This Train 02:33
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Nobody talks on this train So put a kryptonite lock on your brain Keep your mouth shut tight As a crocodiles bite Nobody talks on this train Keep your thoughts to yourself Dont pass them on to nobody else They wil powder your behind If you dare speak your mind So keep your thoughts to yourself I know the night doesnt have 1000 eyes And none of these walls have ears But for every move you make and every word you say There is someone who sees and hears Dont ever raise your hand in school This is not a gag. Its a rule They will take you outside Put some lead in your hide If you dare raise your hand in school Nobody talks on this train So put a kryptonite lock on your brain Keep your mouth shut tight As a crocodiles bite Nobody talks on this train
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One Less Dog 02:46
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They put a gun in your ear to shut your mouth If you dont comply you get a ticket South One less dog in the street One less cat in the alley One less fish in the sea One more grave in the Valley I dont remember a thing no matter how hard I was try I was just a boy then my country was tiny and dry One less dog in the street One less cat in the alley One less fish in the sea One more grave in the Valley Some say he died at sunset some say sunrise The lever was pulled at midnight Thats when he opened his eyes One less dog in the street One less cat in the alley One less fish in the sea One more grave in the Valley
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You Told Me to Call You 02:59
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They made a movie about us It wasnt any good So we made one about them And it was worse But we played it straight As if every scene were real Then we said our goodbyes And dispersed Some went back to California I heard someone say Arizona They disappeared like ghosts Into city and town You told me to call you I said i dont have your number And you didnt then even make a move To write it down i hate these goodbyes People kissing one another Promising to meet for lunch One of these days And if they meet by accident On a street corner in Manhattan They will repeat the promise Then go their seperate ways Some will go to California I heard someone say Arizona They disappeared like ghosts Into city and town You told me to call you I said i dont have your number And you didnt then even make a move To write it down the woman you played in the movie – she aint around no more was i a fool to believe she was ever here before So im heading to the airport Without a suitcase or a ticket Dont know where im going And i dont really care The only bad thing about it No matter where im landing nobody I have ever known Will be there Some will be inCalifornia I heard someone say Arizona They disappeared like ghosts Into city and town You told me to call you I said i dont have your number And you didnt then even make a move To write it down
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The Roads I Used to Walk 02:28
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My fingers on the vines As i crawl from the ravine I climb the stairs up to the cliff To a place id never seen I cut through yards and living rooms Chased by snakes and dogs Looking for the roads i used to walk The planets cannot guide me When the clouds in freedom run And the morning star is blotted out By the midnight sun Ive got a map and compass But still keep getting lost As i try to find the roads i used to walk The storefront that was yellow Has since been painted red And the gutter where i kissed her Is a sculpted river bed The triple feature movie house Is a supper club for swanks And the psychedelic circus Is a cashless global bank I almost made it when the bus Took an unexected turn Some people never know What others never learn Theres no one left to tell me As i near a nearby block That ill never find the roads i used to walk

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released May 5, 2019

all songs written and performed in their entirety by Bill White

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