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The Neanderthal Waltz

by Shakespeare Wallah with Kevin Epperson

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Shakespeare Wallah and Colonel kevin Epperson (Ret.) run into each other at, of all places, Souq Al-Melh in San'a. After evaluating the damage and exchanging war stories, they agree to shake hands, retire to the Blue Parrot (Everybody ELSE goes to Rick's, don't they) and tuck into a country waltz with an extra order of kubbeh on the side.

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Head down
Hands stilled
Marched to the armory
No drill today
Stay where you are
Then leave

My name
Down well
on a list with
the living still
Stamped down
Willed to breathe

Crowded lanes
Shook hands with anyone there
Ones who go
Ones who stay

Break these bones
Give up this brain
Tear down this life
and throw it away
Shake this fear
of everything false
Lead me to fire
Neanderthal Waltz

So much
unsaid
Out in these fields again
Doubting my way
Far from the empty rooms

World Reels
Road ends
Go without knowing or
hope at all
Risking what I've made

Winds that blow
One side then the other will send
Everything scattering
Nobody cares

credits

released October 8, 2012
Second vocal, harmony and chromatic harmonica by Kevin Epperson

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Wunderbar! 松山市, Japan

"Steam powered fantasia with a touch of the wild, wild west and one of a kind mechanical instruments. If Melies had been a songwriter instead of film director, his music would probably have sounded something like this."

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