Sweet Golden Johnny

from Curse of Los Lunas by Bart Moore

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After the election of 2016, the sentiment in this song --- written BEFORE the election of 2016 --- seems almost quaint. But the fiddle & mandolin still rock.

lyrics

Sweet golden Johnny, you’re throwing that red meat
But it’s summer all year long and I’m choking in the heat
Get along home. You get along home
Just Hang your head, get along home

Sweet golden Johnny, they’re joking on the Hill
That goose-stepping goon squad has got you by the pills
Get along home. You get along home
Just Hang your head, get along home

Sweet Captain Johnny commands a ship of fools
The Texas coalition and stupidity rule
Get along home. You get along home
Just Hang your head, get along home

Little weasel from Virginia’s got you by the nose
The tail wags the dog/Emperor has got no clothes
Never heard the music, It’s so very clear
Tom Waits, Don Van Vliet falling on deaf ears

Sweet golden Johnny, your Kingdom is in flames
You rule over ashes/you're taking all the blame
Get along home. You get along home
Just Hang your head, get along home

Little weasel from Virginia’s got you by the nose
The tail wags the dog/Emperor has got no clothes
Never heard the music, It’s so very clear
Tom Waits, Don Van Vliet falling on deaf ears

Hey Golden Johnny, have dinner at my home
We’ll read Geronimo’s memoirs and we’ll penetrate your dome
Come to my home, come to my home
You better take off your shoes in my home

credits

from Curse of Los Lunas, released November 11, 2018
David Mosher - violin/mandolin
Bart Moore - everything else

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Bart Moore Grand Ledge, Michigan

Bart Moore weds native influences of the Pogues, Tom Waits &Basement Tapes-era Dylan to a headfull of images singularly his own.

"No one writes like Moore: setting scenes using peculiar lyrical details, tying slipknots in the human timeline; history intertwines with the present, bringing death to life. All that comes into play on Graveyards, Wind, & War." ___ Kevin Curtin, Austin Chronicle ... more

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