Tag: Steve-Earle
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Breakfast at the Birdfeeder Diner
Breakfast at the Birdfeeder Diner Wrens and sparrows arrive first5:30 am sunrise long shadowsbarcode the entryway A flock of morning doves landsurvey the ground, then hop upon the birdseed buffet pecking away nudging earlyrisers out of the way, need seventimes their weight for the day the big boys twice the size arrivetwo-tone gray and translucent…
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Copperhead Road by Steve Earl
Copperhead Road by Steve Earle Well, my name’s John Lee PettimoreSame as my daddy and his daddy beforeYou hardly ever saw grandaddy down hereHe only came to town about twice a yearHe’d buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper lineEverybody knew that he made moonshine Now the revenue man wanted grandaddy badHeaded up…