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what is a home?

from roadside park by david edward walker

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what is a home?

Jesse LeRoy is sitting down thinking,
lost on the 23rd floor
The sign on the door
that reads “janitor”
was his father’s and his father’s before
For 65 years, a LeRoy cleaned the urinals
Now tears stain the floors of this office subservial
the paint is all peeling and the cockroach proverbial
is laughing as he claims all the walls

And what is a home
and is yours forgotten
Did you go on the roam
while the old flame went rotten?
Sometimes these dreams
are just like an old building
where the tenants are gone
and the draperies are filthy
oh love, let us unlock these doors,
we must wash all the floors

Jane Doe isn’t anyone
checking in at the shelter
while helter skelter plays in her brain
she’s the other side of life
on the edge of a knife
that cuts between the crowds
that pass her by

she’ll sleep in the doorway
like an old rag tonight
that’s fluttered to the pavement
and out of our sight
muttering curses
at first morning’s light
like a deckhand gone asleep on the watch

And what is a home
and is yours forgotten?
Did you go on the roam
while the old frame when rotten?
Sometimes these dreams
are just like an old building
where the tenants are gone
and the draperies are filthy
oh love, let us unlock these doors
we must wash all the floors

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from roadside park, released April 1, 1994
david edward walker: guitar, ceramic flute, vocal

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david edward walker Indianola, Washington

"With a style that encompasses urban and rural images, rich metaphors, spiritual themes, moving ballads, and ambitious fingerstyle guitar work, David Edward Walker (aka 'David Folks') is a singer-songwriter with special ability to reach listeners on an emotional level."
~ Music Hound,
The Essential Folk Album Guide

"Spilled poetic love." ~ Dirty Linen

"Folk Hero."
~Detroit Monthly ... more

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