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This is a song I wrote based on my two "gypsy blues" heroes. Not biographical, just "in the spirit of"...

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He was a long, long way from Texas
And Berlin too
Out in the middle of nowhere
He didn't know what else to do
Just lookin for some way
To speak his truth
A voice cryin in the desert
For the Delta blues

He played a National Steel
His soul was pure at heart
He sang with all of his will
He knew right from the start
That he was a long way
A long way from his home

So he started playin
And learned some tunes
It just kept on growin
Like strong roots often do
Til he grew into something
Greater than he knew
Til the last note that he played
Was still ringing true

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There's a dirt floor underneath here
Where his body still may lay
But nobody can ever wipe clear
The music that he made

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Nick Swan Knoxville, Tennessee

Tennessee Troubadour. Playing a mix of America's best roots music, from blues & folk to classic rock & 90s grunge.

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