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Daniel Steinbock
Performer
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Daniel Steinbock
Songwriter
Lyrics
Two, three, four
Picked up at the crossroads
Kicked out in New Mexico
Woke up on the good side of the river
This afternoon
Goddamn wage slavin', I swear
I'm never going back to there
This morning I combed my hair
For no one else but me
Well I never had religion
But I always keep the faith
When I was a child, I had visions
Like a shine upon my face
I never made it past the preacher
He always smelled the booze
But every night I'm born again
Into something new
If I ever make it back to California
I'm gonna put down roots
Cause I never had a hard time
I never had a hard time
Never had a hard time
Gettin' too close to you
Found Jesus on the bathroom floor
I was sprawled out, strung out, in a Baton Rouge bar
He rolled a spliff, we both hitched out
To Lake Pontchartrain
He said, "I ain't fleein' the law, I abide
My Father's law is come
And my Father's law is mine"
We never made it to the Delta
But we surely sang the blues
All I need is the sunshine
My ukulela
And a pair of old brown shoes
I never made it as a folksinger
I couldn't hold a tune
But every night I'm born again
Into something new
If I ever make it back to California
I'm gonna put down roots
Cause I never had a hard time
I never had a hard time
Never had a hard time
Gettin' too close to you
Seven years-old and I couldn't sleep
Mama, I don't want to die
What am I, what am I supposed to be?
And my mother pointed up to the sky
"For every star that you can see
There's a child afraid of dying
What you are, what you are was meant to be
Filling the black up with shining"
That's when it started
Broke-open-hearted
And as I'm sinking in my bed
Thank my holy lights that never end
Tonight I'm gonna lay my head
By a river of shooting stars
Well I never been to Heaven
But I've seen
Annapurna in bloom
I never made it back
To California
To put down roots
I never been one
For oneness
I set a table for two
Cause I never had a hard time
No I never had a hard
Time
I never had a hard time
Gettin' too close
To you
Writer(s): Daniel Joshua Steinbock
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