Essays, Art and Plays by Dan

Lyrics:

[Intro, Slide Guitar & Harmonica Moan]
(Guitar cries, wind whistles low — harmonica bends like a lonely train)

[Verse 1]
Woke up by the highway, wind cuttin’ through my coat
Yeah, I woke up by the highway, wind cuttin’ through my coat
No hand to scratch my ear now, just shadows that drift and float

[Verse 2]
I smell that memory burnin’, like Alpo in a dream
Yeah, that scent keeps on burnin’, like Alpo in a dream
My heart’s a snapped-off collar, draggin’ downstream

[Chorus, Call and Response]
[Guitar Slide Cry: “Wahhh-wahhh”]
“Where you at, my human?” — (slide echoes back)
“Where you at, old friend?”
Got these low moon howl blues,
Lord, they just won’t end

[Verse 3]
Been runnin’ on hunger and hope, chasin’ ghosts in the rain
Yeah, hunger and hope, chasin’ ghosts through the rain
Every scent fades to silence, but the ache still remains

[Bridge, Instrumental Interlude]
(Harmonica wails — like a dog howlin’ under freight-train stars,
then bends slow… and falls to silence)

[Final Chorus]
Now I’m singin’ to the night,
to the stars, to that bone-cold sky
If he calls my name tomorrow,
you’ll see this hound learn to fly

[Outro, Harmonica Howl + Faded Guitar Lick]
(Soft harmonica howl… echoes fade… low slide bends into quiet)