Archive for March 10th, 2010

“All The Old Cowboys” song

By Sleeves, 10 March, 2010, 9 Comments

Thought I’d continue along with the normal voice experiment. I don’t really know where this song came from. I’m not very political, but this song is.

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Lyrics:

All the Palestinians are coming around
Taking shears to the baskets
of their thorny crowns

And all the Israelis agree
To divide the divine up equally

But oh don’t break for this
Philosophy’s perfect apocalypse

the truth is born of pain
Moment by moment and then refrain

All the lost Indians are streaming back
From the mountains and the canyons
And their broken shacks

And all the Old Cowboys agree
To divide the divine up equally

But oh don’t break for this
Philosophy’s perfect apocalypse

the truth is born of pain
Moment by moment and then refrain

And did you know…I need a job?

Who is Sherwin Sleeves?

My name is Sean Hurley and I am Sherwin Sleeves ombudsman, gopher, handyman, internet person, musical assistant, and all around amanuensis. Sherwin lives just up the road from me in the next town over and I visit him once or twice a week to pick up songs or stories or whatever he has to give me. He's an older man of about 79. He lives in a small cabin on top of Marked Mountain, in Lemon, New Hampshire. I believe he spent much of his time working for a traveling theater. He is not married and apparently has no other family. A frequent question: Does he really do all that walking? Yes! He does do a lot of walking. Even with the cane and a slightly bad leg, he walks more than anyone I know and he doesn’t seem to bother with any difference between night or day. He’ll set off at midnight for a 10 mile journey to nowhere. From what I’ve learned, he doesn’t seem to have the least idea where he’s heading to when he goes out – he just puts on his hat and walks out the door and is suddenly gone. Please feel free to contact him at sherwinsleeves(at)yahoo(dot)com.