What do you do when your dreams come true? What do you wish for then?
You might just give up and jump ship or take the Cotton Belt around the bend.
Sleeping with my head on an old empty grain bag.
Through the night, a thousand miles.
Listen to the clicking while I stop to rest my bones a little while.
Ain’t nobody but you and the man who runs the train.
Hop into that boxcar when you’ve done it all and seen it all.
Everything to lose and none to gain.
What do you do when black & white and green and red begin blend?
You can live your gray life. I’ll take the Cotton Belt around the bend.
Locomotive crashing through.
And you can bet the bite is much worse than the bark.
Those tracks whispering to me like a woman by my side here in the dark.
Ain’t nobody but you and the man who runs the train.
Hop into that boxcar when you’ve done it all and seen it all.
Everything to lose and none to gain.
What do you do when you should be happy? Do you just pretend?
You can keep the Cadillac I’ll take the Cotton Belt around the bend.
You can keep the Cadillac I’ll take the Cotton Belt around the bend.
You can keep the Cadillac I’ll take the Cotton Belt around the bend.
credits
from JVA - LOST ANTHONY: Home Again,
released May 15, 1987
Jim Walker: Guitars, Vocals
Eric Hill: Keyboards
Rene Brancheau: Bass
Scott Connor: Drums
Produced and Engineered by Bryant Arnett at Conway Recording. Los Angeles, CA
The Oakland singer's latest album imagines the power struggle between man and nature as a slow, steady tempest of dark folk. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 20, 2019