Dave Shiflett: Music

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BOLD PALOMINOS

Two chairs and thee/ Down by the sea
Remembering how life used to be
Sun sinking slow, toward old Tokyo
Time and the tide at our feet

We rode the bold palominos/ We stormed the gates to the sun
We stared down the sky with blood in our eye
Now nothing much to be done

Once there were four chairs by the shore
Four chairs not so long ago
Sons out the door, one off to war
Riding that old ebb and flow

All of the sad ballerinas
Twirling to dust one by one
The water feels cold, the gulls circle slow
Like they got no place to go

I could have been a sea faring man
Chasing the king’s precious gold
Now I feel the tide at my feet
While the sun sinks so slow/Toward old Tokyo

Two chairs and thee down by the sea
Like old times, just you and me
Wise brother moon he’ll be here soon
Shining where we used to be
Wise brother moon he’ll be here soon
Shining where we used to be