©2021 Chris Butler/Future Fossil Music (BMI)
COLIN JOHN - lap steel
CB - the other noises

[From the upcoming audio project: "Been That, Done There", late 2021 release.]

"DRIFTER"

VERSE 1
Drifter screams in hot
Chased by baggage tags
With everything he owns
in three plastic bags
I have kissed all the points of the compass
Now I crave a desperate cave
Your asylum couch

VERSE 2
We were deserters once
Rebel cartoons
Trailing dust
from the back of our Elmore brooms
Can I get you something else?
Yeah, you better, man
Play me music that will buzz
like bees in my mouth

CHORUS 1
Drifter’s gone sofa
Screeched to a stop
Ran out of running
Like an over-wound clock
Drifter’s gone sofa
Welcome to stay
Making me sorry
for what I gave away

VERSE 3
Drifter smells like all the places
He’s been.
I old man musk, with a weary swag
Dust on my Ric, but there’s a pick in my pocket
I want parades again, so Drifter…give me your flag

CHORUS 2
Drifter’s gone sofa
I let him down
We used to be nomads,
but I grabbed the ground
Drifter’s gone sofa
We spun the globe
Making me sorry
That I found a home

CHORUS 3
Drifter’s gone sofa
To catch his breath
He’s ready to book
But I’m not ready yet
Gotta leave a note
Gotta grab my hat
Gotta tell my sister/friends/best friend
I left the keys
Under the welcome mat
‘Cause I wanna live where there are
Elephants. 
Too.

DRIFTER

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DRIFTER

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