Keys of the Kingdom

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Keys of the Kingdom

Post by couchgrouch » Tue Aug 24, 2004 8:57 am

Keys of the KingdomWhen Charlie was a baby, his ma cursed his hungry criesonce when she was drinking, she threw lye in his young eyeswhen consumption took her, his aunt fed him though she was poorthe day she split for Frisco, she dropped him by the old church doorblind Charlie learned piano, as an orphan of the churchhe'd felt for light in darkness, but playing sealed his searchand the keys of the kingdomopened the way for himthe keys of the kingdomlet his poor soul inCharlie bid that church farewell, seeking scrubwork and a roombut all he scared up, was piano in the town saloonhe played with righteous fire, his voice was a preacher's crythe best cure for his headaches, were pints of Old Crow perched nearbyev'ry outlaw and cowboy, liked the fiery way he sungone man on the gallows, asked him to play while he was hungand the keys of the kingdomopened the way for himthe keys of the kingdomlet his poor soul inthe saloon tramp wore an eyepatch, cos some trapper from down southgouged her when she wouldn't, kiss his toothless mouthbut she saw better than drunkards, and Charlie saw better than hercos the more eyes men had, somehow the blinder they wereCharlie taught her the keyboard, late after closing timehe sing her somewhere else, to love and an honest dimeand the keys of the kingdomopened the way for themthe keys of the kingdomlet their poor souls inwhen Charlie got to coughing, he knew his world wasn't longsomehow he saw his mother, list'ning to his last songsa damp cot ain't a deathbed, a worn out whore ain't a nursea free round ain't a funeral, a horsedrawn cart ain't a hearsebut Amazing Grace found boothill, when they laid him in that holeteardrops on out of tune keys, old crow on a telegraph poleand the keys of the kingdomopened the way for himthe keys of the kingdomlet his poor soul in(c)2004 Robert George

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