Tag Archives: blues

Red, White & Blues

Posted on July 9, 2015 by soitgoes1984

Kids play cowboys and Indians grow into men and women play Muslims and Christians hooked on Red Man chewing tobacco and American Spirit cigarettes and t-shirt tans fade to skin cancer for white farmers fresh out of the army no … Continue reading →

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America, 2005

Posted on June 15, 2015 by soitgoes1984

Broken levees and broken bones a decade gone without house and home there’s no place for the heart get high on the fumes of political art as jam bands learn to play amazing grace sweet old ladies try hemming superman’s … Continue reading →

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