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My James Frey version of events during my trip cross-country and back in 1993.

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Heading out from my hometown so long ago it seems
I journeyed to a western town I’d seen once in a dream
A long long way across a land so beautiful and free
And high above there was a voice so sweetly calling me
The rocky coast is good for most to live out all their days
And restless thoughts are often lost or fade away with age
But for me security was just a padded cell
So to all I‘d come to know I gave a fond farewell

I knew some help and comfort in the towns that I would stay
And found the charms of open arms some nights along the way
But these were not a home or love to last but for a night
And I was on the road again upon first morning’s light

The road ahead rose like a snake around a mountain side
The cliffs with jagged rocks below had claimed a thousand lives
The wind that fanned the flame that burned the bridges once I’d pass
Brought the rain that hit the ground as hard as shattered glass

Lightning crashed and thunder roared -the rain turned into hail
I slept beneath that mighty storm so powerless and frail
All night long and each day since I’ve had to wonder why
What I’d done to bear the hate that poured out from the sky

A waterfall that spilled out like the wounds of Jesus Christ
Resurrected in a rose whose petals blush the night
An early morning rainbow poured its color from the sky
And drew its mighty arc across the road less traveled by

The visions I had followed there appeared before my eyes
And carved in stone the town and home I’d thought I’d never find
And thanks I give for there I lived a short and blissful time
I never did feel so alone the day I said goodbye

I returned to my hometown- please don’t ask me why
And now I sit and dream away the days of all my life
Don’t you shed a tear for me- and please heed my advice
If you dream of new horizons go and don’t think twice

The sky will rise against the tide to cool the setting sun
And though my journey's at and end, for others just begun
A moment’s touch of wanderlust will drive a man to find
The path to dreams that others leave to wish on stars and sky

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from Lowlife, released January 1, 2010

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