Died in the Desert
OK, Justa. I went back and added the words, for some reason it sounds pretty clear if I use I tunes as the default, but sounds like "s#1t" if I use Windows media player. Headphones seem to work better than either. I tried to capture the feeling...or something...of a life wasted, reflected on, and perhaps salvation as a final moment of clarity arrives for a bad, bad man.
You know, a love story.
The Story
A bad man reflects on his life and what he left behind as he dies. A killer, he could have been a husband, a thief and a liar, he could have been a daddy.
The Song
http://www.box.net/public/r337qkbs8r
"How the hell did I wind up here?'
Where did I take a wrong turn?'
These are things he asks himself,as the sun begins to burn.
The light is so bright that it's blinding
What water he had is all gone
The anger inside him is all that makes him push on...
Somewhere once..there was a woman..
Who held him and kissed him and loved him and always was kind.
He told her that they would last forever.
But he lied and laughed and left...(he was)so blind.
Money is easy to come by when you're cold and carry a gun.
The downside is sooner or later...you run
First he ran out of conscience,then he ran out of pride.
Maybe his conscience's not gone
He remembers how many have died
Now he's in a blast furnace, what's that he sees? Who can tell?
A mirage? Is that her smiling and waving? Is this heaven or hell?
All the power he's ever needed, he holds it in his right hand...
But he can't trade bullets for water in this godforsaken land
Cursing and screaming he trips and falls, his reward is a mouthful of sand
Somewhere a woman is laughing, she found the last honest man
If he can just make it till sunset, he may still have a chance.
Tears in his eyes, remembering how they used to dance
Shes's on the porch rocking her baby, almost a year and a half
Nothing closer to heaven,than hearing that angel laugh
Money buys nothin' for him now, he sees the end of the game
He cries like the baby and prays that she's got a good name
There's more to think about now, tho, how many lives did he take?
He's burning to death yet he's freezing,his body's starting to shake.
And as he dies in the desert he's smiling, he had one piece of luck on his side...
Clutched in his hand is her Bible, with "Forever" written inside.
Guitars
Wilburn Versatare, '52 FrankenTele(Fender licensed parts), Fender USA Roadhouse Strat, Fender USA Standard B-bender Telecaster, Agile AL 3000 w/ WCR pickups, Ibanez MIJ V300 Acoustic, Squier Precision Bass,
Amps
Ceriatone Overtone Special, Musicman 212 Sixty-Five, Fender Blues Jr., Peavey Classic 30, Fender Super Reverb, Traynor YCV-40 WR Anniversary w/ matching 1x12 ext. cab, Epiphone SoCal 50w head w/ matching 4x12 cab (Lady Luck speakers), Avatar 2x12 semi-open back cab w/ Celestion speakers
Pedals
Digitech Bad Monkey, Digitech Jamman, DVM's ZYS, Goodrich volume pedal