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Diego's Son

from Townies by Exit 380

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The story of Harland is continued here from the previous album's track, "Harland's Wife." This track is the backstory of the clash between Harland and his wife's suitor, only referred to as, "Diego's Son."

"Harland's Wife" - exit380.bandcamp.com/track/harlands-wife

lyrics

“Woe is me”, said Carla Jean as she sees the dust on Harland’s road swirl fast ‘neath the pickup’s load swerving left through the dirt-corn field, hopping hard, bouncing row-to-row.

The day’s light was nearly burned. The husband waits out on his porch.

“Woe is me”, as he steps out to view the scene. He sees his lover here watching faintly through the window clear…charging fast from the porch-step stones to the creases of the old man’s throat.

The low light couldn’t screen the sight of a lover’s hands swinging wild. The arms that culled the wife’s bold moans were killers now with hardened bones.

“There is Diego’s Son…a sullen killer who doesn’t run.”

“How it seems is not the way it reads to me. My woman’s eyes were black two days out of three. Her five young kids were bored, always crying begging for relief.”

“There is Diego’s Son…a sullen killer who doesn’t run. Who has no shame for the deeds he’s done. Who loves the wife of the murdered one. Who took a life with his bare brunt bones. The way he smiles. The way it’s almost calm. Woe is me. Woe is me, the youngest killer in Braine County.”

“There is Diego’s Son”, said Carla Jean, as she stepped clear of the street.

credits

from Townies, released December 9, 2011
Lyrics by Dustin Blocker (ASCAP). Music by Exit 380 (ASCAP).
Published by Fite Lite Productions (ASCAP).

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Exit 380 Dallas

In the spring of 1999, spawned by an insidious need for attention; Exit 380 began its crawl in the wet streets of Denton, Texas from acoustic two-piece bar schlock to the more sprint ready five-headed alternative act. Best known in North Texas for its 11 years of rock and roll pandering, the band has begun to wear a new tread into its heel by hitchhiking down a more swamp laden, alt-country road. ... more

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