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THE PREACHER'S STORY

from Phoenix In The Ashes by Mandolin Jack

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The thing about travelling is you meet people and visit places that are so different from the life lived at home. The guy in this song could have easily been Jack Kerouac's "Dean Moriarty"......

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In a white-timbered back-street hotel
The bar was made of zinc
A row of old chrome barstools
Where the customers sit and drink,
He looked like a preacher
Whose faith had left him weak
I sat a while beside him
He took his time to speak
He said, pour me another drink, boy
Get out your pen and write
I’ll tell you a story
I’ll show you the light

He said he went looking for his father
Who he never knew first hand
Just a grey and faded photograph
Of a travelin’ man
And while he told me of his journey
He showed me his battered guide
A picture of his hero Sal
Folded up inside
He said, pour me another drink, boy
Sit with me tonight
Listen to my story
I’ll show you the light

He said, just read the scriptures, son
Check all the fine detail
Don’t end up like me, boy
With the hellhound on your trail.
There’s gospel on the radio
Jazz in the air
When this old preacher got up to go
There was a halo in his hair

(he threw me a coin & said …)
Pour yourself a drink, boy
I hope you got this right
Listen to my story
I'll show you the light

credits

from Phoenix In The Ashes, track released October 19, 2017
CHRIS TULLOCH (AKA Mandolin Jack): Mandolin, Slide guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
JOHN EVANS (AKA Big John Evans): Acoustic & Electric Guitars

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Mandolin Jack London, UK

Mainly a songwriter - in Americana mood ; with some mandolin, a bit of guitar, some boogie-woogie keyboards and starting to get to grips with some lap-steel!

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