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The Burden (A​-​You Can't Bear)

from Goin' Down by Dustbowl

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1. THE BURDEN
(A-YOU CAN’T BEAR)

I hung my head and cried away
With a burden that I can’t bear
It’s cold outside, nowhere to lay
Alone I stand, nobody’s near

I’ve been by the highway side
With clothes wet, tight against the skin
It’s a long gone ride my friend
Down yonder, where I’ve been

I’ll build a road, a stairway
And escape the chain gang
But no breeze gonna take away
The things that are left undone...left undone

I went down to praying grounds
I fell on my wounded knees
Thought I heard a stranger shout
“There’s no ending, no release…”

I might drink whiskey, might drink milk
Or from shallow water of the land
On Big Muddy I will sink
Like an out-of-tune chant

Like a smokestack silver linin’
Hidden in the dark clouds
When the strike comes a-shinin’ down
Off the skies, on the top of mound…on the top of mound

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from Goin' Down, released October 1, 2009
(Words & Music by Nick Fysakis)

DD Dynamite – Vocals, Rhythm Guitars, Slide & Acoustic Guitar / Telecaster Nick – Lead & Rhythm Guitars / John Hardy – Pedal Steel Guitar / Lydia – Bass Guitar / The Shoeshine Boy – Drums

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Dustbowl Athens, Greece

“Mother Earth Rock Music”
www.dustbowl.gr

BUCKETFULL OF BRAINS / JEREMY GLUCK (THE BARRACUDAS):
" It is an esoteric elegy of sentiments that draws us "down" with them, and signifies that the only catharsis, the one way road for Dustbowl comes from the earth…”

ALT. COUNTRY FORUM NL:
"Their music has something charming, magical"
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