Deep Desert Blues




by
Rawclyde
!



~ The Borderlands ~
1993 - '94




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For Mom



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Copyright Clyde Collins 1995, 2010

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"When shall I be
perfectly thine,
O my God...?"

"When thou shalt no longer
possess anything, and
shalt die to thyself..."

"And where should I do that, Lord?"

"In
 the
     desert..."

Mysticism
Evelyn Underhill



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"There was a ship,"
quoth
   he...

Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner
Sam Coleridge



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deep
deep
oh
so
Deep
Desert
Blues




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Intro

I must express
myself ~ it
is
   due ~

Sorry but
I must
bend
   the ear on you ~

I must
o' been walking
in
   a dream ~

Or
so it
do
   seem ~

Walked
right
out
   of town ~

Walked
up
a long hill
   and down ~

Walked
thru
busy
   honey bees ~

Walked
thru
all them
   forest trees ~

Walked
along
the
   roaring highway ~

Yes
I
was walking
   My Way ~

To the beat
of
an odd-ball drummer
   you might say ~

I was walking
and walking
day
   after day ~

From one mountain
to anudder
and
   into the rocks ~

Where rare is the hum
of motors
and the tick
   of clocks ~

Where I lit
a campfire
and
   planted my cross ~

Under the stars
and the threat
of
   a frost ~

And hollered at
God
who hollered back
in the wind ~

And I kept on
walkin'
as I contemplated
  my sin ~

Until
fine-
oh-
ly!

Thirsty
down-trodden
lanky
   old me ~

Was walkin' across
the desert
the desert
   o' my dreams ~

Counting my
pennies
and adding up
   the sum of my schemes ~

'Til I found
this
old
   tug boat ~

That could
no
longer
   float ~

Marooned
in
the
    desert sand ~

A rotten
wooden
boat
   please understand ~

That never-the-less
did float
in the moat
   of my eye ~

Under a
true blue
yahoo
desert sky!






~ crown ~

Mary is crowned Queen Of Heaven

by Jesus & Our Father

~ by Velazquez ~



~ boots ~

Tony Alvis

mule rider & guide

~ by McKensie Birnie ~