Comes with physical copy of "The Hangdog Hymnal" featuring the stellar artwork of Megan Sornson.
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lyrics
In eighteen-hundred and forty-nine
The western shine pulled the boys from their homes
And it made the river cry
When men with yellowed eyes, like jaundice,
Drowned their souls
Hey prospector, gonna strike it rich on your own?
You’re drunk off the nectar
That you squeezed out of a river stone
You raise a toast
To your fool’s gold
The shadows creep to reap their own
And what they sowed in me will grow until I die
I gave up sleeping months ago
My dreams only show me what I killed to live my life
Hey postmaster, got any letters from back home?
Does my wife still wear her rings?
Do you know how tall my kids have grown?
They could be ghosts
For all I know
I ran for the money
I’m sorry honey, but I’m wallet-whipped and
She, she don’t like me writing
And despises the crying
If anyone asks you tell them
I’m alive and well, I’m alive and well
I’m alive and well, I’m alive and well
I’m alive and well, I’m alive and well
I’m alive and well, I’m alive and well
I’m king of a hell
Made of fool’s gold
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