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J.W. McClure, vocal and rhythm guitar, Sam Morgan on fiddle, Zan McLeod on bass

Recorded live at the Antique Sandwich in Tacoma, WA in 1981

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Pick Tomatoes
We’re gonna pick tomatoes
Let the sun get high
When the sun gets low
No sense staring at the floor
Just pretend you got a load of laundry
In the other room
You need a horse
You just fly around on a broom
Chorus
Cause we’re on the road
So the story goes
Like a rain water fallin
On the country side
I’ll be your sweetwater
Darling, when the world runs dry

We’re gonna ride into Jersey
Sleep on the bus all night
I like to lay here thinking that
I got my little farm in sight
Just pretend you figured out a way
To build a little fire
If your fire gets low
Let you good woman build it higher

Well I saved my money
Gonna go to town
Buy me a little Brew
I gotta blur my vision
Make the women here
Look just like you
No man’s gonna make me feel
Like I ain’t no king
Taking my time
Looking for the very right thing

I’m gonna wrap these kids up in this
Camel hair coat of mine
I’m gonna sing some songs
Make a coyote walk the line
I got a gold tooth somewhere
Down inside my mouth
Gonna buy me a rockin chair
When that ol’ tooth falls out.

Oh when the sun is beating down
No good water can be found
If I’m the last one water
Like rain water falling on the ground
I’ll be your sweetwater (repeat)
Darling, when the world runs dry.
©John W. McClure 1975 and 1978

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released June 1, 2009
J.W. McClure

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J.W. McClure Seattle, Washington

J.W. McClure lives in Stanwood, Washington. This is a career restarted for me. In the 1970’s I was often an opening act at the Washington D.C. clubs, The Cellar Door and The Childe Harold for Tom Paxton, Dave Van Ronk, Tom Rush and many well known bands. In the 1980’s I returned to Washington to do folk music, satire and stand-up comedy before getting swamped by family and other work. ... more

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