I landed back in NYC late Thursday night. It's been a rough month. I thank everyone for their love and gifts.
This song I'm posting is the opening number for a musical I'm writing which I plan to perform and produce in the near future. Gonna call the show THE HOBO GUIDEBOOK. It's about the American mythos of the hobo. Why it exists in our narrative, and what it really means. I'll play a charming hobo named Gilly, who will spend an hour and half with the audience, talking about his wild and fascinating life thus far traveling across the nation, living on his own terms. He's compiled a list of his knowledge into a book he carries with him, and through the course of the show, divulges some of the tips, tricks, and tales he's learned through hobocraft.
It'll be vulgar and sweet and actually contain at least 80 percent factual knowledge - just like me!
This opening song teases the audience with what's to come. I'm playing it on my new guitar Huckleberry, but for the show, I'd like to get someone to custom make me a cigar box guitar with an electric pick up. Something really homey...I'll call it Smokey.
Again, thank you everyone. I'm still feeling very anxious and scared and sad at times. But I've got theatre to do and things to make and friends and family to love and that's what matters.
LYRICS
First verse
introduction
pleased to meet ya
call me gilly
most folks do
ive lived a rather sort of storied life
and ill share
in my travels
ive collected
words of wisdom sure to help
whenever you could use some picking up
listen well
CHORUS
its the truth
no denying
keep an ear to the ground and a heart that's ripe
find the spark
of creation
in my hobo guidebook
its my work
my life's purpose
wrote it down as it happened
and it suits me fine
there is art
there is humor
in my hobo guidebook
listen well
SECOND VERSE
'fore you leave here
youll discover
how to win your lovers heart
or how to end a fight you didnt want
guaranteed
make cheap liquor
'void the police
how to frame a life worth livin'
find comfort in a single day
'fore the night makes ghosts of us all
CHORUS
BRIDGE
CHORUS
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