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I Was Born Almost 10,000 Years Ago
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An old, traditional tune about a really old guy.
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Singer/songwriter combining the imagery of Bob Dylan's lyrics with B.B. King guitar playing, Neil Young's harmonica, and a Johnny Cash voice to create something
Lester is a singer/songwriter who's lyrical style has been described as "throwing a bucket of paint at a wall to see what happens." In reality, his songs are bluesy and his lyrics paint interesting pictures with unique turns of phrase. He combines the imagery of Bob Dylan's lyrics with B.B. King guitar playing, Neil Young's harmonica, and a Johnny Cash voice to create something that might be called CountryBluesFolkRock. Originally from Maine, Lester currently lives with his wife, two kids and four cats in the middle of Florida, which is exactly like Maine... just a hell of a lot warmer.
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Genre
Rock • Folk Rock
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#23,292 today Peak #412
#1,320 in subgenre Peak #29
Author
arr. Lester Norton
Rights
2005 Lester Norton
Uploaded
May 07, 2006
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MP3 3.7 MB • 128 kbps • 4:01
Story behind the song
This is another song from Carl Sandburg's "American Songbag". I think Elvis did a version of it a long time ago, but this is nothing like that.
Lyrics
I was born almost 10,000 years ago And there's nothing in this world that I don't know I saw Peter, Paul and Moses Playing ring around the roses And I'll kill the man that says that it ain't so I saw Satan when he looked the Garden o'er Saw Adam and Eve as they were shown right out the door And behind the bushes peepin' Saw the apple they were eatin' I swear that I'm the guy that ate the core I saw Jonah when he embarked within the whale I thought he'd never live to tell the tale But old Jonah he'd eaten garlic And that gave that whale the colic And he coughed him up and he let him out of jail I was born almost 10,000 years ago And there's nothing in this world that I don't know I saw Peter, Paul and Moses Playing ring around the roses And I'll kill the man that says that it ain't so Saw Peter, Paul and Moses Playing ring around the roses And I'll kill the man that says that it ain't so
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