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Talking Hit N' Run Blues

from Down In Oklahoma by Jaxon Haldane

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A comical tune about living in a rough part of town.

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I got hit by a 4 x 4,
Counting change on the way to the corner store.
I know I should have been looking up,
But he's the one driving an pick up truck.

And I was only going to buy some smokes,
Now I think both of my arms are broke.
And the scene's not good, I will admit,
But this sure is going to make it easy to quit.

Smoking that is,
Everybody knows,
There's nothing worse,
Than nicotine stained casts.

Then neighbors gaped and gasped and gawked,
The gangster kids thought that shit rocked,
but only one boy even left his yard,
Just to ask me if I meant to get hit that hard.

When all were sure I hadn't died,
They grabbed their beers, went back inside,
And I was all alone on Beverly Street,
Tryin' to get back up on mangled feet.

My house was only two doors away,
I could have made it, with a little help,
Yeah , but that's my neighborhood, come visit sometime,
Bring a crowbar.

Well I could go call an ambulance,
But bones protruding from my pants,
That's right I think it's my shin bone
So I'm not walking to find the phone.

And the cops showed up, well after 1,
but not about no hit and run.
They wanted to know if I'd seen that whore
The one that lives at 3-2-4.

I'm not trying to be crass, that's what they called her.
Hell that's what she calls herself
That's what she does, lets men have sex with her for money
And she don't make no bones about it, no pun intended.

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from Down In Oklahoma, released October 28, 2013
Jaxon Haldane: Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica

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Jaxon Haldane Winnipeg, Manitoba

Jaxon Haldane reveres tradition, but he's no purist. His punk rock roots sprouted a love for the musical styles that branched off to rock and roll.
Bluegrass, Swing, Blues, Rockabilly, Bebop, it's all in the recipe. The result is a gumbo - rich and spicy. Earthy, yet sweet. Rustic, but refined enough that you know a real chef is in the kitchen... one who cooks with love ... more

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