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Chickasaw

by Thea Hopkins

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Run-down church, red clay River covered in a smoky haze Sunday morning, the fires out Sunday morning, no one about The earth is soft, this time of year Boots get caked from there to here Down the road, route 25 Found this boy barely alive (Chorus) Jesus is on the wire So far away, higher and higher Took him down, off a fence Cold as ice, almost dead They said that he slept with guys They said that he was gonna die (Chorus) Jesus is on the wire So far away, higher and higher Sometimes at night you hear the sound Of cars that stop where he was found A small white cross, Wyoming skies Mark the place where that boy died (Chorus) Jesus is on the wire So far away, higher and higher (repeat) Copyright 2001 TheaHopkins
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She was reckless as the summer sun Full of heat, her hair undone She had a ticket and she had a gun Going down to Chickasaw The day was hot as a skillet fire Winds pulling the trees and wires She was shaking with one desire Going down to Chickasaw Old squaw said," Do not go, I see his blood on your shadow " Down in Chickasaw She kept hearing the last words he said Buzzin, buzzin' inside her head "Found someone else to fill my bed" Down in Chickasaw He never saw her run across the sand He never heard the screen door slam He never saw the gun in her hand Down in Chickasaw
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On the edge of Geary, a water tower reigns Over corn fields, suburban lanes I used to play there when I was a child Me and the buttercups together growing wild Rolling hills sing sweet hallelujahs All across the land Rolling hills sing sweet hallelujahs Take my hand Me and my friend Kathy, we'd each leave our house Sneak out at midnight, watch the trains going south Tell each other someday we'd leave Geary forever her and me Rolling hills sing sweet hallelujahs All across the land Rolling hills sing sweet hallelujahs Take my hand Pack your bags, we'll leave tonight Midnight Flyer's coming soon We'll get our tickets And all our dreams come true We both left Geary right after high school But not together like we were supposed to do It’s been years now, but when I look back I still see Kathy running down those tracks Rolling hills sing sweet hallelujahs All across the land Rolling hills sing sweet hallelujahs Take my hand Copyright2006 Thea Hopkins
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released July 1, 2008

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Thea Hopkins Boston, Massachusetts

"Thea Hopkins is one of the most poetic, literate and powerfully moving of the new singer/songwriters to emerge on the scene in the last few years." -- Peter, Paul & Mary

Critically acclaimed Boston performing songwriter Thea Hopkins calls her music American Short Story Folk: concise, striking narratives, they tell of American romance and tragedy in modern terms.
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