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Hallucination
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0 posted 2002-09-27 03:56 AM


"Café Blues"
(09/27/02)
© 2002 Brian Eggertsen, All Rights Reserved

Verse 1
There's a little café down by the railroad
Decorated with the ghost of yesterday,
In haze of smoke in the middle of nowhere
Poor shadows of sorrow crowd to get away.

Verse 2
It's the place where shells of man comes and goes
For peace, to get away from their broken hearts,
To barry their pain in a cup of coffee
To find out where they belong and who they are.

Chorus
Café blues....
A place to barkin with the devil
Over a game of Gin and Rommy,
A place to slay all of your demons
All without shame or shattering thee.
Café blues....

Verse 3
Upon the front door there is a sign that says:
"The closest you'll get to real satisfaction",
Inside there is not a seat left in the house
But all the while people are still "cashing in".

Chorus
Café blues....
A place to barkin with the devil
Over a game of Gin and Rommy,
A place to slay all of your demons
All without shame or shattering thee.
Café blues....

Bridge
Café Blues...
I come there myself sometimes,
When I've dug a whole too deep.
And when I have got me back
Well then I just up and leave.
Café blues....

Chorus
Café blues....
A place to barkin with the devil
Over a game of Gin and Rommy
A place to slay all of your demons
All without shame or shattering thee
Café blues....

© Copyright 2002 Brian Eggertsen - All Rights Reserved
Miah
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since 2002-08-26
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Pennsylvania
1 posted 2002-09-27 02:19 PM


Very enjoyable.
brian madden
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ireland
2 posted 2002-09-28 06:59 AM


I am reminded me of "house of the rising sun," for some reason as read these words.
I can imagine this being sung over blues/tom waits music.  
Enjoyable read.  

Too early for the rainbow, too early for the dove These are the final days, this is the darkness, this is the flood
L cohen

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