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Written and performed live by Johnny Bourbon

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He was a troubled young man who drove a white Nova
With a coffin-shaped box on the seat to hold his cigarettes,
And all his notebooks read of bad, bad things,
Turns out, he carried a Bible everywhere he went.

We'd get high on the beach and we'd dig deep holes,
And try to find words to describe a soul,
Then we'd drag driftwood wood and we'd fill em back up,
And light em on fire when the moon got full.

He'd say man is the beast
So the beast is me,
Learn to tame the beast
And you set yourself free.
So we drank our Jack
And we sang our hymns,
For the angels on our shoulders
And the devil within.

I liked the safety pins,
He liked the razor blades,
Sometimes you gotta know how to hurt,
Just to learn how to live

And I guess every good summer
Has to come to an end,
But I'd never forget
Those good old days

So we drank our Jack and I bid farewell,
Smoked a last cigarette and I wished him well,
Every now and then I think of my old friend
And I wonder if he ever won his war within.

He'd say man is the beast
So the beast is me,
Learn to tame the beast
And you set yourself free.
So we drank our Jack
And we sang our hymns,
For the angels on our shoulders
And the devil within.

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from Live at Volcanic Theatre, released December 4, 2021

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Johnny Bourbon Bend, Oregon

Johnny Bourbon is a lifelong poet and musician who honed his skills writing & performing in various alt-country and punk rock bands from the age of 17.

Mostly throughout the greater pacific northwest area.

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