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Blackjackdavey

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19. Reminds me of:
Tue Jun 14, 2016, 02:04 PM
Jun 2016

Seen the arrow on the door post
Saying, "This land is condemned
All the way from New Orleans to Jerusalem"
I traveled through East Texas where many martyrs fell
And I know no one can sing the blues
Like Blind Willie McTell

Well, I heard that hoot owl singing
As they were taking down the tents
The stars above the barren trees
Were his only audience

Them charcoal gypsy maidens
Can strut their feathers well
But nobody can sing the blues
Like Blind Willie McTell

See them big plantations burning
Hear the cracking of the whips
Smell that sweet magnolia blooming
See the ghosts of slavery ships

I can hear them tribes moaning
Hear the undertaker's bell
Nobody can sing the blues
Like Blind Willie McTell

There's a woman by the river
With some fine young handsome man
He's dressed up like a squire
Bootlegged whiskey in his hand

There's a chain gang on the highway
I can hear them rebels yell
And I know no one can sing the blues
Like Blind Willie McTell

Well, God is in Heaven
And we all want what's His
But power and greed and corruptible seed
Seem to be all that there is

I'm gazing out the window
Of the St. James Hotel
And I know no one can sing the blues
Like Blind Willie McTell


Bob Dylan - Blind Willie Mctell

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Why did Democrats let these types of people come into our country? IronLionZion Jun 2016 #1
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Has to be a radical Islam person... okieinpain Jun 2016 #5
Nope, just another safeinOhio Jun 2016 #6
Reminds me of some of the best song lyrics in the last 20 years. . . . hatrack Jun 2016 #7
Reminds me of: Blackjackdavey Jun 2016 #19
And they said you can't use AR-15s for hunting elljay Jun 2016 #8
Thank God we live in a country where religious extremists are free to own these weapons. Crunchy Frog Jun 2016 #9
Feel free to change the law ManiacJoe Jun 2016 #10
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.." vkkv Jun 2016 #12
I'd like to whatthehey Jun 2016 #13
Where did I say anything about changing the law? Crunchy Frog Jun 2016 #14
I thought you were looking for a solution to the problem. ManiacJoe Jun 2016 #15
Problem is elljay Jun 2016 #11
We already have that law. ManiacJoe Jun 2016 #16
another AR-15 MariaThinks Jun 2016 #17
Photo of the kook.......errrrr... responsible gun owner! tabasco Jun 2016 #18
You have an odd sense of "responsible" ManiacJoe Jun 2016 #20
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end of times = getagrip_already Jun 2016 #22
just another hour in america. nt Javaman Jun 2016 #23
Erick Shute & Marc Stevens v. The IRS Judi Lynn Jun 2016 #24
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