Hangtown
Jude Scott
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Lyrics to Hangtown Walk
Hangtown I was only a kid, I had a wild stray talker at the end of his bid
I had to get out, I had to go for a walk, I had to walk fast, there was nothing to talk about
a shakedown and I got to survive, I got to make time, I got to get out alive.
I walked half way with my thumb in the air, I caught a fast ride and I was already there
It was a cold call and it was already wet, there was a snow falling but I'll never forget
the way he walked in with his hand on the wall, he took the last room at the end of the hall.
They said he wont drink, and he won't even smoke,
He got a white slave monkey at the end of a rope
He played fast darts and spoke in flat Chinese
and sat cross legged with his hands on his knees
He got street eyes with a capitol look,
He burned green tea as he read from a book
He took a big drink from a big black jug,
and drew a white smile as he sat on the rug
He said I don't drink and I don't even smoke,
I would laugh now but I don't get the joke
You need to get out you need to go for a walk,
you need to walk fast but you don't need to talk.
Cuz there's a shakedown and you want to survive,
you can tell them all about it if you get out alive
He said walk on, he said get on
He said walk on, time to step aside
He said get on whatever you decide
He said walk on, and take it all in stride
he said get on there's nothing left to hide
I said thank you but I got it in my head,
I said thank you but they left me here for dead
I said thank you but I'm riding it out
I said I don't need it so I don't care about it
now I just need to find my way in the dark
and I will meet you in December at the Hangtown Park
and I walked on