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To the West

from Zersch by James Hersch

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Fo Phil and the late Mr. C

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West across the North Dakota Badlands
Thunderheads were hanging in the far horizon
Flashing somewhere over east Montana
Behind us a Minnesota moon was rising
West through endless miles of sunflowers
Spilling like a river into a rocky plain
Had a beer with a cowboy in Glendive,
Pulled over, just too tired to drive
Fell asleep to the sound of the rain

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On the road
Just like Kerouac
The eastern wind and youth
Still at our back
And we sold
Whatever future we had left
Laid it all down on a bet, on a quest...
To the west

West a tourist lodge in St Mary
On the border of the great Glacier National Park
Blest - getting paid, making music 
At night we'd just stand outside staring up at the stars

We hiked the garden wall and Many Glacier
Laid us down in fields of tall beargrass
A saloon and a three piece band
Up on the roof of this magic land
Hitching a ride back down from Logan Pass

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Years, been so many since those summers
Those wonders and blunders
How you figure out who you are
Faces waving like the sunflowers
Scenes of Montana on an old post card

Now I'm pulling over for a hitch hiker in Ohio 
A ghost of susquehanna thumbing  in the rain
He says anywhere west will do
He knows the same songs that we knew
Something deep in me hears the refrain

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from Zersch, released August 10, 2021
Instruments and sounds used; Gibson J-50, Gibson J-160E

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James Hersch Minneapolis, Minnesota

I live on this piece of prairie. I'm passionate and dedicated to writing songs in hopes of singing them for people. I don't think I could continue without both ends of that process. Create then hope. It's here I write songs, and here I wait to sing them for others. ... more

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