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Don't Want To Die On The Moon

from Songs From Life Part 2 by Dave Shiflett

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The idea for this song appeared just after the purchase of a pair of $17 shoes from Wal Mart. Don't know why. The shoes didn't last long. Whistling solo hanging in there.

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I want to die with some holes in my shoes
Not too much booze flowing through my bloodstream
I want to die like a natural born man
I don't want to die on the moon

Don't want to die with a price on my head
Or a woman named Fred yelling at my momma
Don't want to die with my heart full of sighs
I'd really like to die in Virginia

Don't want to die with a cat on my head
Lying in bed, looking out the window
I want to die like a natural born man
I don't want to die on the moon

Don't want to die with my head in the clouds
Walking around in Jerusalem cruisers
Don't want to die for some pie in the sky
I'd really like to die in Virginia

I want to die with some holes in my shoes
Just a little booze flowing through my bloodstream
I want to die like a natural born man
I don't want to die on the moon --- no sir
Don't want to die on the moon -- no way
Don't want to die on the moon

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from Songs From Life Part 2, released June 17, 2023
Recorded at home (Audacity). Evan Davis added piano and drums.

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Dave Shiflett is a lifelong journalist and writer, musician and, more recently, a composer. He has created a dozen CD-length recordings of songs for female and male vocalists, and another six for solo guitar, orchestra, and chamber ensembles. Most of that music will be archived at this site over the next several months. ... more

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