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Applejack

from Goodbye by Scott Pinkmountain

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20 miles out of blind man’s bluff
Spent the morning casing liquor stores
Neighborhood was looking kinda rough
I guess that’s what her little .38’s for

I met her out on the cold west coast
I’d been off the wagon since I got divorced
I’d worn out the welcome of the heavenly host
I guess you could’ve said that my hand was forced

She looked to me like an easy mark
Slurring words in an empty bar
The talk was light but her eyes were dark
The line above her cheek wasn’t her only scar

Wasn’t long before she took me home
That should’a been a dead giveaway
I was tired, my defenses blown
But I prob’ly would’ve done it anyway

So I dream about Applejack
Silver hair rolling down her back
6 years doing county time, 4 of them hers and 2 of them mine
No one can see her. She’s a devil, a deceiver
If you let her take you for a ride

We killed a few hours with a bottle of rye
Waitin’ ‘til the desert sun dropped low
Burst of red blooming across the sky
She finally asked if I was ready to go

I said “give me that gun so nobody gets hurt”
She handed it to me like she was doing a favor
I covered it up with the back of my shirt
Promised myself I’d only use it to save her

So I dream about Applejack
Silver hair rolling down her back
6 years doing county time, 4 of them hers and 2 of them mine
No one can see her. She’s a devil, a deceiver
If you let her take you for a ride

When the clerk started screaming I nearly got sick
She was barking orders like I’d been demoted
The kid reached down and I drew hot and quick
That’s when I learned that the gun wasn’t loaded

Bullet in the gut, a bullet in the knee
I’m lucky to be alive is what they said
Now I’m serving time, Applejack copped a plea
I’d been better with a bullet to the head

So I dream about Applejack
Tattoo tear for every year burned black
6 years doing county time, 4 of them hers and 2 of them mine
No one can see her. She’s a devil, a deceiver
If you let her take you for a ride

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from Goodbye, released November 14, 2019

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Scott Pinkmountain (aka Scott Rosenberg) is an American musician and a writer. Over the past 20 years, he has recorded and performed extensively in the U.S. and Europe with many excellent musicians including Anthony Braxton, Jacopo Andreini, Gino Robair, Sam Coomes, Arrington Di Dionyso, Phil Minton, Jaap Blonk, Pauline Oliveros, Tim Daisy, Nate Wooley, and others. ... more

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