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I laid down a drone guitar part for this piece. Joe Hadar reads while Jessica Webb sings.
You can interpret this for yourself. Good Luck.
Erick Hovey

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The Christmas bells ask such sweet simple words
Where are the sacred and who are the rusted, they ask and they pine every year
To question for the holy inside of each of us to come out if only for, one day
And we see what can happen when we all lend a hand
The world becomes grand with light and hope and cheer
So why does it only come around once every year
Jesus, I think your children have the birthright to rejoice in your birth every single day
It seems such a simple plea so I know you’ll agree
When we say we’re not looking for parties and caps, we want growth education and deliverance
We want fairness, chances and offered blessed forgiveness
And we offer in fairness the wrongs we have done, and we also from you beg forgiveness too
Every time the banker cries and stubs his toe
They all crowd around as if he made value out of thin air, the real wealth lies here
And in the midnight hour I listen to the rumble of the tracks
But seriously I’m blessed full of joy and happiness with the crowd I hang with
None of us completely blameless, still we agree upon the status quo, the status quo must go
Just no one knows, no one knows which way the wind will blow, which way will the wind blow
Baby Jesus home in a big red balloon sent from the moon
Where they make them with one sixth the gravity
And we sell it on the street for five sixty-eight a twenty-ounce bottle
Lighter gravity imported from the moon get yours soon from the moon, I didn’t make that up, I joggled it
Take me there away from here show me what I’m to know
Because on the tracks there’s only one way, to go
Take me there away from here, because on the tracks you have to take, one way
In the midnight hour I listen to the rumble of the tracks
It reminds me that I never wanna look back
Here comes the train coming down the tracks, a long jump on and never look back
Framing up into the sunset, clear my mind of
But which way will the wind blow, which way the wind will blow
And I hear the whistle blowin for me
It’ll blow baby Jesus home in a red balloon

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from Just Sayin' Volume Two, released September 10, 2021
Lyrics by Joe Hadar and Jessica Webb, music by Erick Hovey
Recorded by Erick Hovey in the Barn, mastered by Dave Hearn
Vocals: Joe Hadar, Jessica Webb
Guitar: Erick Hovey

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Erick Hovey and Friends Fort Dodge, Iowa

Erick Hovey's music is peppered with seasonings of blues, roots rock, jazz, funk, old power trio rock, reggae, and newer folk fusion styles. His lyrical content has not only good humored nods towards classic blues and rock clichés’, but spans the afterlife, and existentialism as well. Sometimes it’s spooky, sometimes it’s raw, spiritual, and sensual. Think Mark Knopfler, JJ Cale, and Peter Green. ... more

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