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Angel at the Chevron

from Army of Dreamers (2003, album) by Paul Sprawl

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Elaborated from a 1990 song called Focus. The old song had the same harmonic structure and melody with about 10% of the lyrics.

lyrics

1.
Focus and concentrate
Decide to elevate
Motivate, discipline
Stretch it out before you look within
Pull it up and pass it around
Use it up before you bring it down
Talking about a wage slave
One that got away
One that will get away
Talkin' about a better place
And a better day
Talkin' about how to get there

~chorus~
Traveling on a path with heart
The end is no more important than the start

2.
Next time you get to the head of the line
And they ask you if you want
Paper or plastic
Tell 'em I got my own bag
Yeah I broght my own bag
I got my own bag this time
Don't cut down that tree
Let the landfill be
I got my own bag this time
Got my own bag, I got my own bag
Own bag, own bag this time

~chorus~
Traveling on a path with heart
The end is no more important than the start

3.
Nick's a drinkin' man
He's got no hands
Just two metal hooks to hold a beer can
Got a sense of style like a Texas smile
Drinkin' hard in the graveyard
Boots of black hair slicked back
Cowboy shirt wants another six back
Look at that lost dog at the gas station
So worried and confused
Sadly doesn't know where to go
Lookin' for an angel
Lookin' for an angel at the Chevron

~chorus~
Understanding and tenderness
Peace and love and happiness

4.
Elder bluesman Chicago African
Smoke and drank through the night
Made the music when the day began
Dust and electricity, weeds catchin' on fire
Two velvet balloons strung up there
On the telephone wire
Timbuktu turning back to dust
Manhattan steel gonna rust
If it stands that long
I feel like a bathtub full of sand
Workin' hard here
In the broken promised land

credits

from Army of Dreamers (2003, album), released April 1, 2003
Paul Sprawl - voice, guitar
Freebo - Tuba
Jaia Suri - voice
Heidi - Indigenous Australian wind instrument

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