Released at July 21, 2008
Release date:
July 21, 2008
Copyright:
Samadhi Sound
Length:
9:09
Status:
Official
Publisher:
Samadhi Sound
Lyrics
Oh honey take me out Im a deadman
Oh baby bake me something sweet
Oh honey take me out Im a deadman
Oh baby give me bread to eat
There are places in the damp Northwest where
The bodies lie down head to feet
There were losses in the California sunshine
Tell you stories that you cant repeat
In the winter when the valleys flooded
Those were times where the rooms were cheap
The summer dirt lines the corners of your pockets
Im still buried there ten feet deep
Papa dont place this curse on me
Heaven knows I cant use it
Papa dont place this stone on me
Mama theres no future in it
We travel on the back roads lightly
Through Castle City and through the hills beyond
Me and Joan on the Sacramento
Me and Joan this is where were from
Oh honey take me out Im a deadman
Oh baby bake me something sweet
Oh honey take me out Im a deadman
Oh baby give me bread to eat
Papa dont place this curse on me
Heaven knows I cant use it
Papa dont place this curse on me
Mama theres no future in it
Oh honey take me out Im a deadman
Oh baby bake me something sweet
Oh honey take me out Im a deadman
Oh baby give me bread to eat
Oh honey wheres the colours of the springtime?
The pale green of an organdy dress
Her shadow grows in the California sunshine
But nothing else in the south south-west
lyrics taken from brokensky.net
A download only track (remix of Ballad Of A Deadman)
Available at Samadhisound.com.
Steve Jansen made ‘Deadman’s Cut’ available on bandcamp in November 2022. The remix of Ballad of a Deadman that has only David’s vocal and not Joan’s.
It was part of the Slope remixes released by samadhisound as downloads but was not included in subsequent expanded releases of Slope.
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