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Joe Beam’s Blues

It’s the dot placed over an “I”
It’s your plans that will never fly
It’s the depth of your rut
It’s the knot in your gut

It’s a storm, it’s a wave
A uniform of the formerly brave
It’s a forlorn sailor’s song
About a trip on a ship that has gone wrong

It’s the weight of a stone
That you carry all alone
It’s the judgments all too wise
That you see in other’s eyes

These are Joe Beam’s blues
Welcome to Joe Beam’s blues

It’s a taste that is so sour
It’s a waste of twenty-four hours
It’s a songbird’s broken wing
It’s your heart on a cold steel string

It’s a mirror, it’s your age
It’s the root of your rage
It’s the page that’s been torn out
It’s the seed of all your doubt

It’s the thoughts you can’t abide
You can’t push down, or brush aside
It lives like fire in your mind
You could put them out with suicide

These are Joe Beam’s blues
Welcome to Joe Beam’s blues

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from Ahab's Revenge (Hot Tears, Cold Ocean), released November 11, 2011

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