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Back in Memphis in 72’ I’ll show you man that’s sidewalk blue.
He came home crazy from Vietnam and started collecting old, thrown away cans.
What makes him different from the average bum is he thinks he’s God’s only son.
He rolls into the projects at night and the streetcar children cry with delight
And the whole block sings.

Hey, hey, Tin Man can you save my soul?
Hey, hey, Tin Man here’s a dime for that lonesome road.

He sees the neon, he sees the briars
Wrapped around your heart’s darkest desires and ever cruel thought.
He hears the thunder, he watches it roll from Graceland’s walls to Jericho
And them walls are tumbling down.
The white folk think he’s on coke so they call a copper and make him hit the road.
But even if Germantown’s in flames his love for the copper remains the same
And heaven’s choir sings.

Hey, hey, Tin Man can you save my soul?
Hey, hey, Tin Man here’s a dime for that lonesome road.

He pointed at a cross on his last day
And spoke these words and the sky was grey.
He said, “I’d climb on her again if it’d do a thing,
If it’d bring home my daughter
If it’d bring home me friends
If it would stop the riots
If it would stop the war
If it’d stop this traffic
If it’d stop their horns
If it’d build a ladder made of gold
That climbed to the top of heaven’s throne
If it’d do a thing
If it’d do a thing
But I ain’t got enough blood.

No, I ain’t got enough blood.”

Hey, hey, Tin Man can you save my soul?
Hey, hey, Tin Man here’s a dime for that lonesome road.

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from The Great American Holy Ghost Electric Show, released August 12, 2014

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The Holy Ghost Electric Show Oxford, Mississippi

"Guitars are being traded...trombones marching through crowds...drum sets crashed...everyone is screaming...it's rock and roll and it's hot and it's sweaty and it's the Electric Show, to which audiences from all over the Magnolia State will testify. Preach." ... more

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