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only in our own songs will the ancient voices resound.. when we sing the ancient songs, they ring hollow.... a white kid can sing the blues, but cant sing that he would rather drink muddy water and sleep in a hollow log. he has to drink his own foul brew and sleep in his own cursed bed

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only now i realize
what i tried to do was wrong
the ancient ones are the only ones
who can sing the ancient songs

man in a wheelchair autoharp in his lap
melodies running in and out of every hole in his body
like snakes
kid turns to his mom and says hes good
mom says he should be
hes been singing the same song for 50 years
without taking any breaks

he stole a melody and wrote a poem
he stole the poem as well
what he lacked in eruditon
he made up for in tradition
where every mothers story was his to tell

so yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
look out baby, here i come
to put a new beat on your rowdy dow dow
and break every bell in the tower

and if people believed
that his songs were the best songs
they were only best
because they were so old
fame is the last reward of the pirate
the sailor who hides his treasure
keeps his gold

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from The Dark Room Act 4 - The Ancient Songs, track released July 30, 2021
ritten and performed by bill white

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