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Montana Boy

from Ryder Pales by Ryder Pales

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Montana Boy

I’m jus’ a good ol’ Montana boy,
Jus’ a good ol’ Montana boy,
Jus’ a good ol’ Montana boy strung out in New York City.

I jus’ stay up all nite long, bribin that beast of song,
Try to coddle it through my throngs but it don’t believe me.
Naw, it don’t believe me.

I feed it liquor with a yawn an’ cocaine with a cut-off straw,
Lacerate a few new scars but I don’t feel it.
I’m jus bleedin all nite long.

Used to straddle an ornery horse,
Dig my heels in his side to make him stay on course,
With a shotgun strapped on my pack ‘cross the streams an the mountains,
Scorched towns an’ red fountains,
Cross feral trails an’ railroad tracks
plastic suburbs an’ avenues ‘til a tangled route led me down to the river,
To a rusted bridge which led into Brooklyntown,
Where all things were stripped of me,
Where I traded my trusty steed for this viscous monkey on my back
An’ my ten gallon Stetson Hat for a little white rat that gnaws an’ gnaws an’ gnaws
an’ gnaws an’ gnaws.

So I found me a little cave,
On the corner of Flushing an’ Broadway,
An’ no one complains about the grave in the cave which I’m diggin.
There’s a pick ax pickin’ sugar all nite long.

I’m jus’ a good ol’ Montana boy,
Casin out the big score
Flippin quarters to the whores holdin open the door
at the cash checkin joint.

Pulse off the charts an’ my hearts in pawn,
Bribin that bitch that prods the song along,
Keep on sayin I’ll save an’ pay the loan off but I don’t believe it.
They can just keep it.

I’m jus’ a good ol’ Montana boy,
Jus’ a good ol’ Montana boy,
Jus’ a good ol’ Montana boy strung out in New York City.

I used to be me.
I used to see me.
But looks are deceivin now aren’t they?
An’ I don’t believe it.

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from Ryder Pales, released August 8, 2008

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Rasp Thorne Berlin, Germany

Rasp Thorne is a writer, musician and performer based in Berlin.

Current musical projects: DRUCKS, CHAGRIN, Silk Rut (Berlin)
Previous bands include: Rasp Thorne & the Briars, LaZY SHaRKS (London) Ryder Pales, and SPAR HORNET (NYC)

Along with solo songs he has also recorded poetry extensively.

'Etched in the Ether', a collection of lyrics, is available now through CHAGRIN PRESS ... more

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