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The Poet's Great Romance

from Sampler Download by Andrew McKnight

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If an outlaw carried only words into his final stand, would the outcome be different?

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Words & music A. McKnight, ©2003 Catalooch Music, BMI

Verse 1
Nightbird sings its mournful song, rooftop rain lasts too long
droplet drumbeats in my head, with all the words I should have said

Slipped out with my fallen pride, the door I walked out locked behind
though these scraps of grace I've saved, Intention's road is freshly paved

Pre-Chorus
I have found no magic garden wander though I will
there is no land of Eden waiting, over the hill
Chorus
So I'm hiding out here, underneath the moon
I know the light of reckoning is rising soon
Someday they'll tell the tale of this tragic circumstance
the outlaw's last escape, the poet's great romance

Instrumental

Verse 2
no one saw the final stand, no glory blazing at the end
twisted up like Texas wind, all that's left of all I've been

Pre-Chorus
Chorus

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from Sampler Download, track released January 1, 2005
from Beyond Borders, released 01 January 2005
AM – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
Danny Knicely – mandolin, bass
N. Scott Robinson - bass drum, cajon, foot maraca

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Andrew McKnight Lincoln

Nationally-acclaimed singer/songwriter and guitarist celebrates rural America, weaves masterfully crafted songs, humorous stories and poetic drama into a musical soundscape sketched with shades of Appalachia, tasteful slide and jazzy blues, feisty anthems, and rustic folk. 5 solo CDs heard on many public & community radio, plus NPR "Art of the Song" & "River City Folk" and XM/Sirius. ... more

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