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Walking on the Levee

from Long Gone Time by Kevin Gordon

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Walking on the Levee
©Kevin Gordon(Little Rain Music(BMI))

Summer Sunday morning, no one else around
I’m walking on the levee, between the river and the town
Water’s moving fast, streets are slow
Gonna go a little farther, past the part I know

Wasp on the grass, a floating red thorn
Sun coming up, day being born

In that big house last night where I played my guitar
Everyone’s still sleeping off what they drank at the bar
Or are they making quiet love ‘neath the turning of a fan—
Did they wake to the sound of dogs barking at a man?

I grew up down the road, it’s been 40 years
Walking on the levee now, I’m a stranger here

Read the graffiti on the pump station wall:
“I heart Amber” in a red sprayed scrawl
“Did you ever have a dream you’re sure was real?”
“What does God hide—what does God reveal?”

Her daddy had a houseboat docked right down there
I still remember her kiss, the smell of her hair
That boat burned and sank 25 years ago
Karen died by lightning strike, I was told

Walking on the levee, pretty ghost at my side
The past and the present all caught in my eye

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from Long Gone Time, released September 4, 2015

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Kevin Gordon is a Louisiana native whose latest releases, Tilt & Shine, Long Gone Time, & 2012's Gloryland, earned raves from the NY Times, Rolling Stone, NPR, and others. His songs have been recorded by Keith Richards, Levon Helm, Hard Working Americans, Irma Thomas, & others. "Down to the Well", a duet w/Lucinda Williams, was featured on the Oxford American Southern Music Sampler. ... more

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