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James Kelly

from Badlands by A.S. Coomer & Z.P. Kunkle

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I’ve escaped the hangman’s noose
And I’ve escaped from Broadmore too
Left England’s foggy plains
Across the ocean and into your dreams

I bring a holy war unto your shores
My whole life I’ve been down on whores
Got the pox when I was 16
Hand on their mouth so I don’t hear them scream

Jersey City was loud and brash
New Orleans, heard the girls laugh
Went upstream just as far as I could
Headed west, looking for blood

The Lord only knows what our future holds
Ain’t nobody knows what our future holds

By Rapid City I was feeling bad
Voices in my head, wonder if I’m mad
Feel a fever coming on
Rent a room right before dawn

The next night I met Carrie Brown
She’s an old whore who hung around
Sent her to rent room 208
Little did she know what was her fate

The Lord only knows what our future holds
Ain’t nobody knows what our future holds

Woke up next to Carrie at morning’s light
She’d been ripped open during the night
Blood all over her and me
My knife slit her throat, swift and clean

I was horrified by what I’d done
The voices in my head, they told me to run
Headed east, out of town
Back to England is where I’m bound

The Lord only knows what our future holds
Ain’t nobody knows what our future holds

Made it to England in a week or so
Voices in my head were screaming NO
Knocked on Broadmore’s giant door
Wanted in before I hurt anyone more

Before I die I must tell my tale
Of how I bloodied the American trail
I’ll die here locked in chains
Hope history will forget my name

The Lord only knows what our future holds
Ain’t nobody knows what our future holds

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from Badlands, released June 28, 2019
Badlands #1-5 Written & Performed by A.S. Coomer.

James Kelly, Flood of '81, Estella's Lament, Eloise, & 3 Angels Written & Performed by Z.P. Kunkle.

Pickers, Singers, & Sinners on Badlands: A.S. Coomer, Z.P. Kunkle, Michael Joseph Peters, Vester Frey, Vivian Kunkle, & Rachel Coomer.

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