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Burnin' Starlight

from O Bronder, Donder Yonder? by Forrest VanTuyl

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lyrics

It’s a quarter til tomorrow, boys we’re burnin’ starlight
that nighthawk breakfast special
we got milky way coffee & moon pie
I’m dreamin’ of my bedroll with my cigarette pointed north I’m a short tailed bear a-spinnin’ round a short-lived pole

If there’s bison in the Minam, we ain’t seein’ em tonight This ol’ Canyon’s blacker than cast iron
It’s dark as a cow’s insides
I’m dreamin’ of Alberta
with her apron full of gold
I’m a lonely sage in winter with nothin’ for my roots to hold

I’m young enough to think I’m tough I ain’t old to die
I’ve seen the sun run westward from the terrors of the night
Now the finest of the fadin’ light
the dawn has swallowed whole
but if it’s darkness that we shine from is there darkness in these souls?

It’s a quarter til tomorrow
my pony knows the way back home
my faith in God & Mules is strong
& my horse is almost broke
I will go where I am pointed
where I’m paid what I am owed
where my remuda’s fit for workin’ & my saddle’s never cold

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from O Bronder, Donder Yonder?, released May 10, 2019

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Forrest VanTuyl Goldendale, Washington

Forrest VanTuyl is a Western songwriter, poet, and working cowboy based in the Inland Northwest. His work has been featured in the New York Times, at The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, and he has written music for the US Forest Service.

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