Name: Too Long in the Wasteland by The real Axeman
Duration: 4 min 21 s
Description: Cover of James McMurtry, ambient recording with Randy Battle and Linda Pruitt

Recorded by Mark Crouter in his Bat Cave and at the Crouter Estates. Background vocals by Robin Hogan, Tucannistan.
Thank you so kindly, Mark! <3

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Cover of James McMurtry, ambient recording with Randy Battle and Linda Pruitt

Too Long in the Wasteland

Written by Ben Walden ©2017

out in the sun, working on the dam
I looked down at the riverbed
swirling, twirling with the current
there was a two foot steelhead
rainbow shining through the muddy water
that smells just like the pulp mill 
he jumped a little and he made a ripple
that drifted to the Pacific

Chorus: Steelhead trout push up stream 
spawning in the Spring 
climb the ladder on the dam
won't stop for anything
only Death can stop the Steelhead

I wonder how many times he's been up the river
and I wonder if he'll ever come back again
salmon go to die at the headwaters high
while the steelhead come on back again
on my lunch break I will have a drink
and then I'll take a swim
feel the minnows nip at my toes 
and I wonder if they ever come back again

chorus;

Too Long in the Wasteland

The real Axeman

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