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lyrics
SALVATION BLUES
I was born in the heart of a dark city
Looking for a sign from above
Heavenly choirs, tongues of fire
Angels or a dove
After all this time I got nothing
Except nothing left to lose
On the corner with my guitar
Singing the salvation blues
The mega church preachers round here
Are no help at all
They wouldn’t recognize Jesus
If he valet parked their Maserati at the mall
So I went to see the the shaman,
The yogi, the guru
With the incense rising, they were harmonizing
The salvation blues
I saw the costumed kings of Wall Street
The sultans of Silicon Valley
She’s got a busted lip and a baby on her hip
Shooting up in a Baltimore alley
I heard my newborn daughter crying
In the delivery room
Sounded like the salvation blues
Maybe you’re a slave to your appetites
A bloated barbarian licking greasy lips
Or alone with your vows of chastity and silence
Or Guns and Roses on the Sunset Strip
Maybe you were born a prophet
Maybe you were born a fool
We stand shoulder to shoulder howling
The salvation blues
In foxhole on the front line
Young men born to die
Jesus in the garden
Asking his father, “Why?”
It's written on the human heart
Black as a prison tattoo
…the words of the salvation blues
Gorgeous fingerstyle guitar playing from this Portland, Oregon musician that captures the spirit of American Primitive in dazzling detail. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 30, 2021
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