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If the ink that’s in your skin
Tells the tale of where you been
Then the needle knows
Your pattern and your purpose

And the artist has no plan
Nor expects to understand
She’s just raising what’s below
Up to the surface

You can feel the roaring veins
Like the thunder of the plains
When the Buffalo stampede
And brake for cover

But you got nowhere left to run
You’re a bullet with no gun
Best be careful you don’t
Bleed out in the gutter

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from Song Seeds, released January 19, 1911

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James Tristan Redding Nashville, Tennessee

British-American songwriter, singer, audiobook narrator, studio player, Godin Guitars official artist.

Founded global collective www.SongAWeek.org, performance art experience The Under Over: tinyurl.com/uoxuo (song circle underneath a highway) and writing retreat www.TheNashville24.com (annual challenge: write 24 songs in 24 hours).

Cuts by Sarah Harralson, Eli Alger, Emma Gale, David Easterling
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