20th Century Exile

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I met a 20th century exile
He said he had a few things on his mind
I said stay a while, set a spell, I got time
He told me tales of wisdom and wonder
He said you wouldn’t understand, you’re just a child
I replied, try me my friend, I know exactly what you’re talkin’ about
I’m not a child

I’m a 20th century exile

I can tell you what I was doin’ when I heard that John Kennedy had died at 3:00 in the afternoon
I saw The Beatles live on the Ed Sullivan show, and my sisters sighed and they swooned
I was up at 2:00 a.m. in the morning to watch Neil Armstrong when he stepped on the moon
I was watching Monday Night Football when Howard Cosell announced John Lennon had been shot dead by some deranged goon
I’ve never listened to a Taylor Swift song and I’m not plannin’ on listenin’ to one anytime soon
Of all the idiots in the idiot world universe of idiots, Swifties stand alone. You really call that a tune?
Hospital called, you have stage 4 dumbass, they won’t take you even as an extra anyways in a badly drawn cartoon

I’m a 20th century exile

I’ve been watching Gilligan’s Island reruns lately just to pass the time away in a day dream
That show was really good but sometimes it wasn’t always the way that it could seem
You know, you never know when you’re a 20th century exile what the next thing is that you’re going to…..you’re going to glean
Cuz’, what we got here is a multidimensional train wreck, with a broken neck, playing on a losing team
Some people take the fringe element out of lunacy and going to out of the going to the extreme

I’m a 20th century exile

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from 20th Century Exile, released March 1, 2024

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Dave Kleh Burlington, Vermont

Dave Kleh is a 20th century exile, a singer-songwriter making music, recording music, playing most of the instruments...you get the idea. Real music, real good!. Rock on!

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