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Alabama Bound

from Song​-​A​-​Day by Bill White

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Shakespearem He said it all before
The Bible said it too
But they were talking to someone else
This is me talking to you
There is a high wind rising
It blows from east to west
Blowing all the birds
Back into their nests

Now mama bird said to papa bird
I swear I heard a snake
Papa bird searches every branch
Using his beak like a rake
He combs through each leaf most carefully
No snake can be found found
But down below there is a man in the back of a truck
Singing “Alabama Bound”

“Alabama Bound” “Alabama Bound”
I swear I heard Leadbelly singing, “Alabama Bound”

On the streets of Burmingham
The scene is so much worse
A woman was walking through a no-cop zone
When a pelican stole her purse
The mayor believes that dogs can talk
And elephants can fly
But he doesnt belueve it s such a big deal
When a million honey bees die

Taking a walk to the grocery store
Takes an iron will
What goes up doesnt always go down
Just ask the ghosts on Pork Chop Hill
Some old whore tries to get me to touch her
She is all infected and dirty
She wants us to talk about the good old days
When she was exceptionally pretty

Trying to get to the Carolinas
Driving with Texas plates
But the highway patrol blocking the border
Wouldnt let me into the state
So instead I headed for Florida
Thunking Id slice a little sand
But the beaches were lined with refrigerated trucks
Taking the dead to a better land

The love birds and the hate birds
Are learning new songs every day
All the songs they used to sing
Are being thrown away
Two ears can pick it up in stereo
One ear listens to mono
And the birds that flew out of Frisco
Never made it to Capistrano

Im “Alabama Bound” “Alabama Bound”
Im looking down
And I swear I heard Leadbelly singing, “Alabama Bound”

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from Song​-​A​-​Day, released July 3, 2019
Written and performed by Bill White

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