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On the way to you

from ODE TO LUTHIER by Jeremiah Johnson

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On the way to you
I cut my hair in front of a mirror. One blade cuts, the other will sever. I bought a car that had rust in the roof. It leaks on my head on the way to you. Glare of windscreen, driver fatigue, despair and dust spires, dispute and release. Kangaroo in head lights, a picture of panic. Historical fiction on the way to you. Stray dog drinks from a puddle of mud, arrested hydration, tires in ruts. Abandoned wool sheds, leaving no clues. These are the things on the way to you.
I played at sunset and I saw you there. I held my own in the bright red chair. I played for hours in the court house markets. Sunset in Broome, on my way to you.
I drove to Kalgoorlie to ask for you there. The golden mile fever was thick in the air. They made cake, gave things from the garden. These are the things on the way to you. I saw a mirage on the Nullarbour plain. I saw the future in the crease of a hand. I met a scryer with a crystal that viewed. The figure I saw was a figure of you. I saw things with my own eyes the droughts, the floods and the insistent flies. I've shivered in cold and staggered in heat, I played my best in the face of defeat. I walked to the cradle, I stood by the mountain, I sang in a cave, a cathedral of lime stone. I played towns from there to Darwin. These are the things on the way to you. Sometimes there were curtains, sometimes there were lights, Sometimes you listened till the late of night. Sometimes thousands but mostly just a few, these are the things on the way to you. I spent my pay in every small town. I drove for days, unpaid till I found. Rows of chairs or just people that listen. These are the things on the way to you. I've slept near roads with the sound of trucks. Got covered in oil maintaining that bus. I've dealt with the odds and I've dealt with bad luck. These are the things on the way to you
If you don't mind if we could meet again. I'll hold you close till I see you then. I love you like potatoes bake on a Monday night. I'm so glad that you came here tonight

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from ODE TO LUTHIER, released March 1, 2021

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"exemplary guitar work on fingerpick, strum and slide. Coupled with mellifluous singing."
Rhythms Magazine

"an adroit blend of slide guitar and vocal versatility"
Rhythms Magazine (2017)

"Authentic, Refreshing and Reminiscent of the late Colin Minus"
Cara Robinson (Hat Fits & Cara)

"Jeremiah Johnson's performance was outstanding!"
Michael Crowley Program Director (Tablelands Folk Festival) ... more

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