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Hemingway

from The Captain's Son by Dan Lawrence

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lyrics

I don't need no Hemingway,
a man of men in many ways.
Papa has been dead and gone,
missed the millennium and electric storm.

Oh Papa, Papa
Pour me a drink.
I need some time to sit
and breathe.

Oh Papa, Papa
your earnest arms
retain a hold on
what we've lost.

Farewell to the river, to the trees
A simple summer's breeze 1914
Farewell to the spark that cooked our bones
American lead, and bread and wine and ale.

Off of the Cuban coast you sailed,
from Havana into Hell.
America is dead at last
She burned her fuel, she went too fast.

So come on boys, pick up your guns.
But don't dig their graves until you've won.
Just cut your hair and shave your face.
'Cause I don't need no Hemingway.

Oh Papa, Papa,
let me sing
one more tale
under your wing.

Farewell to the river, to the trees
The summer's heavy air, 1918
Farewell to the spark that cooked our bones
American lead, and bread and wine and ale.

I don't need no Hemingway,
a man of men in many ways.

Oh Papa, Papa, let me see a life fulfilled sans tragedy.

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from The Captain's Son, released March 16, 2012

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Dan (W.) Lawrence is a native of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and has been performing in the American Midwest for several years while self-releasing four albums. He is now a faculty member in the English department of Missouri University of Science and Technology. ... more

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