Sunday, May 15, 2016

Day 102: April 12: That Lonesome Road

"If I had cooled my head and warmed my heart I'd not be on this road tonight."


Beautiful a capella song that closes out the Dad Loves His Work album.  It expresses regret and the consequences of not giving peace a chance.  I think this is a common last song in the set song at his concerts.



These songs remind me of each other although I suspect they were both inspired by an old folk standard called "The Lonesome Valley" (Wikipedia claims that this one steals it's chorus) which would explain it.  This is a bit cheesy and has that "surprise ending" like Wink Martindale's "Deck of Cards" - ...I know, I was that soldier.  Even so, it makes me happy.

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