Levon Helm, Ad Astra…

Hey-ho, Mr. Helmsman           ©April 19^th, 1:58AM, 2012 by S. Solomon

Hey-ho, Mr. Helmsman

Heard your ship has been run aground

Heard you that have bought Maggie’s farm

That juke box don’t no more turn around

Yeah, old Mr. Richard no longer come to town

What’s in the music

What’s in the rhyme

There’s more to the beat

than just keepin’ good time

Hey-ho, Mr. Helmsman

Carnival wheel run off the rails

The weight just got much too heavy

No common sense to keep her steady

But you and the boys remained rough and ready

Hey-ho, Mr. Helmsman

So, now where do we go from here

The coliseum all broke down

The ghosts are stumblin’ all around

Your masterpiece is revealed hidden underground

What’s in the music

What’s in the rhyme

There’s more to the beat

than just keepin’ good time

Hey-ho, Mr. Helmsman

Now, tell me the ways of this road

Please tell me the way to the creek

I need to get somethin’ to drink

I need to know what I’m supposed to know and think

Hey-ho, Mr. Helmsman

Now you’re sleepin’ with Ophelia

beneath the wondrous Northern Lights

Plenty of time to the still stage fright

you’ll have no bothers on the wide Endless Highway

What’s in that music

What’s in that rhyme

There’s more to the beat

than just keepin’ good time

You had your last waltz

You took your best shot

You spoke for the mute

smithing iron words

You met extinction

with right distinction

You done it right

You done it right

You done it right

You done it right

You done it right…

Thank you, Levon Helm!

Demon in My Marrow…

Dear Friends,

Here's a little gospel inspired drivel soon to be set to music. You know what all it's about…

Res Ipsa Loquitor,

S

Got The Demon in My Marrow      ©Solomon 2012

Whoa-oh. Got the Demon in my marrow
Whoa-oh. Got it climbin’ up my spine.
Oh, no lord, got no respite from this craving
So, lord do let it ride. Do let it ride. So fine. So fine.

Whoa-oh. Got a notion rollin’ my mind
Whoa-oh. Got it wrestlin’ in my heart
Oh, my lord, give me a little more reason
So, lord do let it ride. Do let it ride. So fine. So fine.

Whoa-oh. Got passion crazy in my heart
Whoa-oh. The last time I say goodbye
Oh, my lord, got the devil in my marrow
So, lord do let it ride. Do let it ride. So fine. So fine.

Got that demon in my bones
Sunk so low it’s in my bones
So tight with my marrow
So thorough in my bones
So complete I got nowhere to go
Got that demon in my bones

Whoa-oh. You think you know and how it goes
Whoa-oh. Got her climbin’ up yer spine
Oh, it gives you no pleasure your desiring
Your lord do let it ride. Do let it ride. So high. So high.

Got that demon in your bones
Sunk so low it’s in your bones
So tight with your marrow
So thorough into your heart
So complete you got nowhere to go
Got that demon in your bones

Get some love in your marrow
Rise so high love’s in your eyes
Get tight with your visions
Soak them into in your loving bones
So complete that you need nowhere else to go
Got that demon in your bones
Tell the devil where to go…