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Permanent Twilight

from Durango by The Coal Porters

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Though my name is important you can pay it no mind
Till I’m sipping the breeze on those streets there outside
But today’s like the day that’s just gone before
As I lay frozen, quiet on this fifth V.A. floor
We were stationed in Bazra on our Captain’s orders
In a forcible change of some government’s borders
When I lay down my boot on a hidden tick mine
N’ the shrapnel near blind me as it severed my spine
My comrades, though wounded, did carry me back
To a surgical unit not safe from attack
Thru the heat & the dust & the dirt & the wind
Then they turned & went back to the battle again
I would march if I could to the sound of the guns
But I can’t move a muscle to walk or to run
& though perceptive to light I can’t see you at all
Yet here in my darkness I still watch comrades fall
From the halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli
I would fight my country’s battles if only I could see
If God gave me back my vision & they’d give me back my gun
Then I would will my body to any war we needed won
But your days are my evenings, your mornings my nights
My time is now spent in a permanent twilight
I’m pleased that you’d visit tho’ you know I can’t stand
Tho’ my looks my deceive you this soldier’s still a man
Though my name is important you can pay it no mind
Till I’m outside these walls on the streets feeling fine
But today’s like the day that’s just gone before
As I lay frozen, quiet on this hospital floor
Now all you young ramblers who think you’re so fine
N’ your country’s so noble its rivers run wine
Remember the man whose days are his nights
And the land mine that gave me permanent twilight
Permanent twilight

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from Durango, released July 2, 2020
Written by Sid Griffin
(c) Sid Griffin published by Coal Train Tunes/Bug Music Ltd./BMI

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The Coal Porters London, UK

The Coal Porters claim to be the world’s first “alt-bluegrass” act, demonstrating the power of fiddle, mandolin, banjo, acoustic guitar and doghouse bass when matched with four-part harmonies and memorable melodies.

They have taken this sound around the world being featured on NPR’s Morning Edition in the USA and having recorded a live session for Bob Harris on BBC Radio 2. ... more

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