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This song draws from my mother's blood born of the Missouri Plains

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drought

before the dawn
he is gone
there’s work to be done
the land needs water

there’s a window open
in the kitchen
where she is clearing a plate off the counter

on the wall
there is a cross
the sky is not up to us
it’s only the wind

he mends the fence
off in the distance
he sees the glare
off a car from the city

there is no time
to wait on the sky
he knows that the man
is going to have no pity

our machines fade to rust
the sky has betrayed our trust
and left us to the wind

he sits at the table
says he is unable
he must insist on the bottom line

the boy reaches for his watch
warned not to touch
but he can’t resist
he’s lured by the shine

our fields they turn to dust
the sky calls to us
to be taken by the wind

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from Weirdo Boy, released August 20, 2023
Barefoot John Whipple - banjo and howl

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J. P. Whipple (Barefoot John Whipple) Salt Lake City, Utah

J. P. Whipple is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has spent a life drifting across the country singing old time roots, blues, and country.

He is a founding member of the psychedelic band Tycoon Machete: tycoonmachete.bandcamp.com ... more

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