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apathy, despair, desperation, destiny, dreams, fear, longing, lost love, mystery, romance, sighs
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Just kicking stones, down a long dirt road — nothing much to do.
Got my Stetson and my ridin’ boots — soles are worn clear through.
Leaving heartache, going nowhere fast, more dead than alive.
At daybreak, feet are pointing to, Desperation Drive.
When you’re down and out, in a hard luck place, no stars shine at night;
I’ve been looking down, such a long, long time, just can’t see the light.
Haven’t got a cent, haven’t got a friend, no will to survive;
That’s the reason why, I’m heading for, Desperation Drive.
Venezuela vowed she loved me true, caught the midnight train;
She took my money, left my broken heart, lying in the rain.
Got to leave this place, got to hitch a ride, out on highway five;
If they ask me where, I’m going, I’ll say, “Desperation Drive.”
I miss that woman, she’s on my mind, the breeze still sighs her name;
She’s mean and evil, but my lonely heart, loves her just the same.
On the waterfront I’ll check the bars and every lowdown dive;
If she’s not there, I’ll rent a place on, Desperation Drive.
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Dennis Cardiff 
Amazing!!!
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Thank you.
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Achingly beautiful, Dennis.
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Lost love is one of the most painful experiences.
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At first I thought it was a poem and was thinking to myself, my, this could be a song. Then I was it’s in the category of “song lyrics” – it would be a great country song!
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Sing it!
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I have sung this while playing my guitar. My singing and guitar playing aren’t that good, but they give me pleasure.
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Wonderful! The emotion can be felt through the words.
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Excellent Dennis 🙂
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Thanks, Sue.
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I really like this one — perfectly fits the photo, too!
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reads like a country song. 🙂
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The music I had going through my head when I wrote this was Bob Dylan’s Desperation Row. It was a tune I couldn’t get out of my head, so I put my own words to it.
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You must have experienced that in real life to have written such powerful feelings!
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I’ve experienced similar things. The names and descriptions have been changed to protect the guilty. I have issues with trust that sometimes take me to the dark side.
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Shades of Desolation Row?
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Same neighbourhood, eh?
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Very much. I’m a Bob Dylan fan from way back. In his book, Chronicles: Volume One, he describes how he would deconstruct other writer’s songs, add his own content and make them his own.
“When the Ship Comes In” is a folk music song by Bob Dylan, released on his third … Another inspiration was the Bertolt Brecht/Kurt Weill song, “Pirate Jenny”. (Wikipedia)
Bob Dylan uses a lot of neighborhoods like this, my personal favorite is Subterranean Homesick Blues. I heard that back in 1965 when it first came out. It knocked my socks off.
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