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End of the Day
Chorus:
When you come to the end of the day
And the light of the sun slips away
Though you’ve done your best
You must leave the rest
To the ones who will tend to your grave

Jim went down the market, guitar by his side
If he’d had a mean thought inside his head,
He was not going to let it ride
Looking for a place to sing, his heart began to shout
New song on his lips when that old heart gave out

Woodrow Wilson Guthrie, there’s so much of you remains
Farms lost to the dustbowl, friends gone down in flames
Your lesson was so simple when they called them ‘deportees’
You can number them, you can label them
But people still have names

We aren’t marching anymore, we’ve got volunteers
It’s just dumb luck or fortune the bombs aren’t falling near
Phil Ochs left a legacy I hear him loud and clear
Lose your apathy, lose your hatred
Do it while you’re here

Poets of the people, breathing, dead and gone
Some were just good friends of mine
Some with more renown
Ride the Goodnight-Loving Trail
Blow the harp until the dawn
And somewhere on a freight train
A Utah Phillip’s song
© John W. McClure 2010

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from Cowboys On The Skyline, released August 1, 2011
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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