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Old Dean Markly Basically Was A Good Man

from Nothing In Particular by Adam Balbo

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Old Dean Markly sat on the ground
strumming his six-string, singing his hog to sleep, making the forest weep.
Old Dean Markly needed some cash
to buy a comb for his bronze horse hash, to brush his teeth, and comb his curly hair.

Old Dean Markly basically was a good man.
He didn’t do no one no harm.
He just drank his whiskey dry and sang his songs to the sky.

Old Dean Markly in his faded jeans,
his boots of leather, and his black-rimmed circle hat, a tree against his back.
The old man closed his eyes,
thought of his last good-bye to his wife, poor Elenor, who he didn’t quite miss much anymore.

Old Dean Markly basically was a good man.
He didn’t do no one no harm.
He just drank his whiskey dry and sang his songs to the sky.

Old Dean Markly spread his boots to relax,
in his holey flannel shirt, his shoe soles caked in dirt.
Old Dean Markly everyday would go to the corner store
to buy enough meat to last himself the week.

Old Dean Markly basically was a good man.
He didn’t do no one no harm.
He just drank his whiskey dry and sang his songs to the sky.

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from Nothing In Particular, released March 1, 2001

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