Friday, September 21, 2007

Today's inspirational psalm from the Book of St. Jimmy

He's holed up down on Ramrod Key in the Tavenier Hotel
Livin' out his loneliness like an oyster in a shell
By days he pulls the trap line
By night he lives alone
Don't really feel like company
It's just him and his fridge and his phone

Meet me in Memphis 
That's where I'll be 
I'm by the river, please come back to me
Meet me in Memphis
My wild days are through
And nothin' replaces me next to you

He's been there since she ran away
She said she needs some space
Occasionally she still calls collect
From some god forsaken place

Then one day a letter came
Postmarked Tennessee
And the envelope scent
And the postage spent
Well it lit up her old memory

I know she could break my heart again
But I'm gonna play and I'm gonna win
Where Otis would play
Da da da dock of the bay 

 

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