Shane's Stand at the Outland

Shane's Stand at the Outland

From the album Time's New Romans

Blowin’ in from Austin
like a tumbleweed off the plain
or some north wind frostin’
The man they called Shane
With a six-string on his pack
He walked into the local saloon
Gonna get some monkeys off his back
Gonna sing these people some tunes

You can use his mic
He'll share his guitar
You can do what you like
Just don’t act like a star

Here comes ol’ Alan
Pours his heart out in song
Up there bangin’ and howlin’
Singin’ it strong
and John was an MK
singing “My Way” in German
And that’s a funky cool flute he plays
Alan bums him a Sherman

And the beer it flowed and the smokes got smoked
the chords got slowed and the words got choked
the nerves got jangled and the dreams got lost
And the last note dangled as the bread got tossed

Anybody seen Scary Jerry?
He was doin' Eddie Vedder
Jerry's voice, it carries
Eddie couldn’t do it better
And there’s RFB
singing God knows what
Who’s he trying to be
Let’s kick his butt

Stacy belts it out real tough
Hair like Tori Amos
She’s got the right stuff
Ya know, that chick might be famous

You can use his mic
You can use his guitar
You can do what you like
Just don’t act like a star

And Jenny Say Qua and crew
Doin’ heartfelt acoustic
Singing songs she wrote just for you
Hear the rattle of the cue sticks
And slam poetry guy
Throwin’ rhymes from above
That dude’s not shy
Preachin’ the gospel of love

And the beer it flowed and the smokes got smoked
the chords got slowed - the words got choked
A phrase got mangled and some lyrics lost
the last note dangled as the bread got tossed

Shane surveyed the scene
And dug what he saw
Talent maybe a little lean
And definitely raw
But the words going in
to the mic he shared
were anything but thin
and no one was spared

Gonna share is mic
You can use his guitar
Do what you like
Just don’t act like a star

And the beer it flowed and the smokes got smoked
the chords got slowed and the words got spoke
Some nerves got tangled and some Ts got crossed
And the last note dangled as the bread got tossed


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