Only Passing Through (Samm Bennett live at Nana Hari, Tokyo)

Recorded live in performance at Nana Hari, Tokyo, on January 17, 2010. Here I'm playing the Vietnamese jaw harp known as the Dan Moi.

only passing through


saw an old man walking
walking with his dog
saw him disappear
disappear into the fog
one minute he was there
next minute he was gone
took out my pen and paper
and put him in this song

took a brand new dollar bill
left it on the ground
took an old chicken bone
down to the lost and found
sent myself a letter
but it never did arrive
still in a mailbox back in brooklyn
least i made it out alive

figured i'd just end it all
so i laid down on the track
a big old train rolled over me
but i hardly got a scratch
the dust won't even go to dust
and the ash won't go to ash
we're all in folsom prison
but there ain't no johnny cash

see the eagle catch a rabbit
and carry him to his nest
i'm gonna catch a greyhound
and ride it way out west
it'll stop in kansas city
and maybe denver too
but til i reach that blue pacific
i'm only passing through

copyright p & c 2010 Samm Bennett - all rights reserved

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[baudelaire1]

what an interesting instrument!