Van Dyke Brown

When I was courted by the loved and reckless
 I made my case to the highest names
 But they drowned me out in hallelujahs
 All deaf, all deaf with praise
 Just where you think I would, I found my circus
 In the dim light of a west-town bar
 Shouting benedictions out to feed our fire
 Amen, amen, what men we are
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 And as the oak and the smoke rings paint you
 In a glow of Van Dyke Brown
 To see you dance so free, I can't heart nothing
 "Hey boys, hey boys, man down"
 You said I suit you like a farmer's armor
 And fields that call his mind away
 And how you heal me from an orphan's sorrow
 As rains wash away the grey
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 'Cause I was lost like a politician
 Caught up in a game of tug of war
 When I found my feet slipping
 Found myself wishing
 I knew what it was that I ever stood for
 But then you cool and I'm just my mother
 Try to reshape me and I'm just my father
 And all of the songs I learned
 Before I forgot them
 Now when the day comes
 That I am lowered
 In a case of Van Dyke Brown
 Wanna hear my circus shouting out in benediction
 Wanna hear them singing all deaf with praise
 Wanna see you dancing in the glow of sundown
 All around, all around
 So free, so free
 All around my grave
 All around my grave