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One More Chance

from Updated Just Now by Camden Joy

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One dark night I was waiting inside a Greyhound station. A man come up, ask me for a light. And he says, “So tell me, stranger. Do you think you’d ever...?” I say, “To me, mister, you look all right.” So we fall into some corner. And I’m looking at his collar. Remember, a few have rights but most are wronged. Yeah, I’m looking at his collar, lying underneath this preacher, when I see Jesus there all along. I had just got out of prison on some federal offense when I got picked up, five bucks in my pants. A man said he’d make my bail if I did a little favor for him. Is it too late, Lord, to ask to start again? ‘Cause I am just a criminal, washing jail floors and lamps. I ask you Lord, give me one more chance. One minute his hands go up. The next second he’s gone. I look to my friend James Franklin and say, “Goddammit now, what have you done?” A men’s room in Penn Station took what little love he had left. And all this True Confessions crap just breaks your big heart, I bet. You meet a lot of people in prison you wouldn’t want to meet in real life. You might even fall into the arms of Satan as you’re kneeling ‘neath a painting of Jesus Christ. You get sent up for something you watched your own brother do. And the Feds have all gone drinking ‘cause anything you say is the last thing they’ll listen to. If only we had not stopped to help the stranger, and offered him a ride back to the motel. Any thought of danger was far from both our minds. Now my friend’s in trouble. One more chance, Lord. That’s all I ask for. I ask you, Lord. Give me one more chance. I been asking men for drinks, asking drunkards for a dance. Now I ask you, Lord. Give me one more chance.

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from Updated Just Now, released January 1, 2020

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lo-fi americana and caustic wit swirl about a 1970s suburban garage where a 1950s country band plays timeless originals and succinct gems.

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