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The Huntridge Blues Song

from Leaving the Huntridge by freesoulJAH

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The Huntridge Blues Song

Hello there kind sir or madam,
thank you for joining me tonight.
Or if it's the morning, thank you for coming so early.
Otherwise, thank you, none-the-less.
I have a story to tell you,
I must confess.
Oh, it's kind of a sad one.
but it's a true one.
And let me tell you
I'm not the bad one.
But I was walking down the street one day
with a guitar in my hand.
And my hair was quite long and my beard was grown out
and my hair was matted
because
well, that's how nature made it.
And I am not living in a nature like city.
I am living with buildings and lights and gambling machines
and things that just seem to crush upon my soul.
Yet I live here and I have my own control
I don't need them pressing my buttons
to hit gamble this and gamble that
cash out, cash in.
Let me tell you baby
I always win,
because I bet on myself.

And there's the background to the story,
and here I was walking down the street
with my guitar
and here I was
just being myself
in my own neighborhood,
and what do you know it?
I waited for the light to change
and I waited for the cars next to me to start moving
so I could travel with them
like my blockers if I was on a football field.
But I was not on a football field,
this was on a sidewalk.
And I was in the street walking
and I felt safe,
because I was watching
for my own safety,
and I was watching for the lights to change.
And I moved forward with the green light
and there was a police officer who saw this movement
and he decided to turn on his own lights.
They flashed upon me like rays of fire from hell.
And what did he do?
He said, "You sir, broke the law."
And I said, "How dare you? I did not break any law."
And you know what he did?
He pointed his finger at me and said, "Give me your social security number!"
What number might that be, my good friend, officer?
What number is secure, my good friend, officer?
And I refused because hey, that's just me.
And he put me in his handcuffs
and my son was crying
and my love was taking pictures.
And you know what?
All he could do was try to make me afraid of him.
That's the only thing he could do, was try.
And it did not work.
No it did not,
I was not afraid of him.
I was only saddened
by watching my tears of my son flow down his cheek
and they were my tears as well.

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from Leaving the Huntridge, released June 19, 2011

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Blending modern indie and lo-fi production style with late-1960s agitprop folk, FreesoulJAH’s guitar, loop and vocal based songs hypnotize, inspire and empower. His simple, mantra-like lyrics cut through the barriers of poetry and ambiguity to “speak truth to power” and offer a light in the darkness. ... more

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