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OLD MAN AND THE SEA

HE CAUGHT A WATER BALLOON IN HIS EYE
IT BURST LIKE A BOMB AND HE WANTED TO CRY
HE WAS AN OLD MAN
BUT THE BICYCLE BANDITS KEPT PEDALLING BY
HE NEVER COULD CATCH THEM
HOW THOSE YOUNG FELLOWS FLY
WELL GADDAM

AND THE TALL THIN TOMBSTONES
WERE WAITING ON A STRONG WIND

HE BOUGHT A TICKET FOR THE LIBERTY LINE
PACKED UP HIS BAGS AND HE NEVER LOOKED BACK
TOOK THE TUNNEL TO THE STATION LIKE A MAN IN HIS PRIME
HE WAS AN OLD MAN

AND THE GREY LINE STEAM TRAIN
WOULD WHISTLE AND SHAKE

SPENT ALL HIS MONEY ON A SHIP AND A SAIL
HE WATCHED FROM THE WATER AS THE EMPIRE FELL
HE WAS AN OLD MAN

AND THE TALL THIN TOMBSTONES
WOULD CRUMBLE TO DUST
AND THE GREY LINE STEAM TRAIN
WOULD WEATHER AND RUST
BUT HIS TAIL-FINN STREAM-LINE
GATHERED A GUST OF THE OCEAN SPRAY
COME ON OLD MAN, SAIL AWAY

(ONE WHITE HAIR AND ANOTHER WHITE HAIR
ANOTHER WHITE HAIR AND A SILVER HAIR THERE
LOOKING OLD MAN, LOOKING OLD)

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from Upfolk 2 (aka upupafolkacea), released March 3, 2017

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Balladir (Travis Puntarelli, Upfolk) Bloomington, Indiana

Balladir is the creative musical workings of Travis Puntarelli, a song-carver who hails from Bloomington, Indiana.

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