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I Dreamed I Saw Jesse James Last Night

from When the Devil Goes Blind by Charlie Parr

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see that train runnin’ fast rollin’ down the line
see that train rollin’ down the line
I lived by these tracks nearly all my life

there’s money in there rich folks and mail that I’ll never see
there’s money in there that I’ll never see
can’t ride no train ‘less the poor boy rides for free

work all day slave away but my money’s not my own
work all day but my money’s not my own
just feed the kids, and the rest goes on the loan

when I sleep at night toss and turn dream about Jesse James
when I sleep at night dream about Jesse James
we’d hold up that train, brother and then just ride away

when I lay awake stare and ache Ned Kelly’s on my mind
when I lay awake Ned Kelly’s on my mind
pull up those tracks, and just let them rich folks ride

I put on my boots and my hat and whispered my wife’s name
I put on my boots and whispered my wife’s name
got my .410 and went to meet the train

I’m on the track rifle cocked but she ain’t slowin’ down
I’m on the track but she ain’t slowin’ down
she ain’t gonna stop, well I hope I’m heaven bound

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from When the Devil Goes Blind, released July 26, 2010

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"Parr is scruffy and uncomfortable looking, with a longish beard and balding head. He dropped out of high school in the 1980s, but he looks older than that. He's pathologically deadpan in his delivery of in between song banter. The crowd really enjoyed his depressingly hilarious dead cat story. He never smiles." - Lucy Steigerwald

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