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Spit Shine The Wrold

from Local Life by Dave Perkins

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SPIT SHINE THE WORLD
Words and Music by Dave Perkins
2021 Dreambox (ASCAP)

VERSE ONE:
Little brick box, on the road out of town
not much left to see, not much to be found
'cept the house of Jess Malone, he's everybody's man
flying ninja daggers with a shoeshine rag in hand
33 years, two blocks from the river
In the downtown parade of the takers and the givers, singing
You got shoes, I got shoes, all God's children got shoes
when I get to heaven gonna walk all around
dance all over these blues

VERSE TWO:
Three-piece suits and judges, make yourself at home
climb up in the chair, be a king upon a throne
bit 'o spit on the toe, the artist autograph
Rag drumming out a code, like an old time telegraph
what can one soul do to straighten out the crooked lines
Holding onto something his mama said sometimes, said . .
You got shoes, I got shoes, all God's children got shoes
when I get to heaven gonna walk all 'round
dance all over these blues

BRIDGE:
I was just a boy, with my father hand in hand
Walking downtown, taking in the sights and sounds
Dad said, "Dave, listen to the man, singing out his song
Like it can't be wrong, he’s spreading it around."

VERSE THREE:
"I wanna see your smile on the toes of those boots."
Like a mirror!" Sargent says. "First you shine then you shoot!"
Like the legend Ira Hayes, hero in the war
Jess gets/comes home to find, he's no one's hero anymore
But there's always something left, something right to fight
So, raise the hue and cry, or a cup to warm the night
You got shoes, I got shoes, all God's children got shoes
when I get to heaven gonna walk all 'round
dance all over these blues

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from Local Life, released June 12, 2023

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Dave Perkins' musical journey crisscrosses the map of American music. As guitarist, he played bluegrass and swing with Vassar Clements, renegade-country with Jerry Jeff Walker, singer-songwriter pop with Carole King, Americana with Guy Clark, blues-jazz with violinist Papa John Creach, alt-rock with Chagall Guevara, industrial hard-core with Passafist, and a video performance with Ray
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