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acoustic guitar rock by singer and songwriter ben bruce

honest songs, honestly sung

This hand-drawn image is inspired by Letter to a Young Poet, written by William Carlos Williams, in which he describes how all our efforts as writers and as men must be to release the enchained dragon within us.
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Handles Gin

Something failed with Jesus, when he died up on the cross…
Well, he tried to free us, but all of us are lost and I say…
Why can’t I, and what’s it cost?

[There’s a price for abolution,
and a payment for every sin.
Your wallet, it handles wickedness,
but your liver, it handles gin.]

Well, streetlight sinner, yeah, cigarette bum…
Some people use their fingers, and some start a revolution, and I say…
Why don’t the people come?

[chorus]

Rolling down the highway, pinner in your hand…
Colored lights behind you, yeah, they’re going to catch you if they can, and I say…
Why can’t we smoke across the land?