The Wanted Man Lyrics - Judybats

Ride my yellow mare 

Down to the station 

Stand on the platform 

All sag and warp 

Wait the train 

Wait the smoke 

See the dust 

See it choke the day 

See the man 

Feel the plain 

See the youth fade 

He is known as Jones 

He comes here every year 

On the selfsame day 

Few have seen the tear 

On his face 

Hold the yellowed letter 

Gently as I can 

Read the faded writing 

>From the girl back East 

All sweat and hope 

It says, "I am scared. 

They still search for you. 

No more contact. 

It's the best thing to do. 

If I come some year soon 

It will be the tenth of June, 

My love." 

See the yellow mare 

Down by the station 

Tied to the platform 

Beneath the big sky 

All sweat 

And sleep 

Prick her ear 

Blink her eye 

At the train 

Rushing by 

If it stopped 

Would she shy? 

But the train 

Rushes by 

A woman whispers, 

"He is known as Jones, he 

Comes here every year. 

On the selfsame day. 

I think this makes the 

Tenth year." 

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Eric Wincentsen 

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Glendale Community College 

Glendale, Arizona 

"Let's get the baby high!!"