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Christmas In Prison
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John Prine
жанры: folk
альбомы: Sweet Revenge
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It was Christmas in prison And the food was real good We had turkey and pistols Carved out of wood And I dream of her always Even when I don't dream Her name's on my tongue And her blood's in my streamWait awhile eternity Old mother nature's got nothin' on meCome to me Run to me Come to me, now We're rolling My sweetheart We're flowing By GodShe reminds me of a chess game With someone I admire Or a picnic in the rain After a prairie fire Her heart is as big As this whole goddamn jail And she's sweeter than saccharine At a drug store saleWait awhile eternity Old mother nature's got nothin' on meCome to me Run to me Come to me, now We're rolling My sweetheart We're flowing By GodThe search light in the big yard Swings round with the gun And spotlights the snowflakes Like the dust in the sun It's Christmas in prison There'll be music tonight I'll probably get homesick I love you, goodnightWait awhile eternity Old mother nature's got nothin' on meCome to me Run to me Come to me, now We're rolling My sweetheart We're flowing By God
Это интересно:Prine is the son of William Prine and Verna Hamm. Prine himself started playing guitar at age 14, taught by his brother, David. He was a postman for five years and served in the Army before beginning his musical career in Chicago.In the late 1960s, while Prine was still delivering mail in Maywood, Illinois, he began to sing at open-mic evenings at the Fifth Peg on Armitage Avenue. Prine was initially a spectator, reluctant to perform, but eventually did so in response to a "You think you can do better?" comment made to him by another performer. Chicago Sun-Times movie critic Roger Ebert heard him there and wrote the first review Prine ever received, calling him a great songwriter.... продолжение
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