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Ballad of the Lonesome Stranger, part 1
(More Songs About Cowboys and Moisture - 2004)
This song is the opening theme to LONESOME STRANGER, an unfinished singing-cowboy movie.
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Is time grains of sand that slip quickly, so fast?
Is it ticks of the clock, that just won't stretch or last?
If it's true time ain't nothin' but pieces of sand,
How can so little time do so much to a man?
He's been travelin' so long, he ain't sure quite since when
Some nights he stays up wonderin' just how long it has been
Starin' up at the sky, tradin' thoughts with the moon
He sings it a lullaby when he remembers the tune
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Lonesome stranger
Rides in the day and the night
Faces the greatest uncertainty
Hopes that he'll put the wrongs right
The sand shifts and swirls as he sings a refrain
Like salt in a wound, it just adds to the pain
They say smoke in your eyes will bring you some tears
But the sand wears you down, and leaves the mark of the years
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