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Red Bird (demo)

from Cowboy and the Stranger by Terry Allen

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    Just Like Moby Dick.

    Our second Terry Allen t-shirt, the cetacean sequel to "Today's Rainbow Is Tomorrow's Tamale," features—for the first time ever, as far as anyone remembers—an original drawing by Terry himself, of a sperm whale triumvirate, scarred and freshly harpooned "Just Like Moby Dick," to commemorate the masterly 2020 Panhandle Mystery Band album of the same title.

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    Wear while listening to the Panhandle Mystery Band, partying in any port of call with Queequeg and Tashtego, and keep sailin' on through.

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    Today's rainbow is tomorrow's tamale.

    Is there any more potent and perfect koan? Not for our money here at PoB. In celebration of our deluxe, definitive reissues of Terry Allen's "Juarez" (1975, PoB-26) and "Lubbock (on everything)" (1979, PoB-27), we are proud to present the Terry Allen Tamale T-shirt—as far as we know, the first such item to exist in the wold, and long overdue—featuring the immortal line from Juarez and the cover of that abiding masterpiece of music and visual art on the front, with the PoB logo tastefully deployed on the back.

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lyrics

HO DOWN DOWN
HO DOWN DEE
RED BIRD DANCIN
IN CUSTODY

GOIN DOWN
NEW ORLEANS
RED BIRD DANCIN
AN A RED BIRD SING

RED BIRD SING
RED BIRD DO
NEW ORLEANS
AN A RED BIRD BLUE

I BEEN BORN
AN I’M GONNA DIE
BLOOD RED WING
YOU GONNA MAKE ME FLY

GOIN IN
A RED BIRD DEN
AIN’T GONNA
COME OUT AGAIN

HO DOWN DOWN
HO DOWN DEE
RED BIRD DANCIN
IN CUSTODY

II.
HO DOWN DOWN
HO DOWN DEE
RED BIRD DANCE
A PENITENTIARY

A JAILER STONED
AN HE BARRED THE DOOR
RED BIRD GONE … YEAH
TO FLY NO MORE

BLACK CROW SEE
BLACK CROW KNEW
NEW ORLEANS IS WHERE
THE RED BIRD FLEW

I BEEN BORN
AN I’M GONNA DIE
BLOOD RED WING
YOU GONNA MAKE ME CRY

RUSTY WING
A DEAD DARK THING
CROWS TOO LOUD NOW
WHEN RED BIRD SING

HO DOWN DOWN
HO DOWN DEE
RED BIRD DANCE
A PENITENTIARY

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from Cowboy and the Stranger, released March 15, 2024

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Terry Allen Santa Fe, New Mexico

Legendary Texan artist Terry Allen occupies a unique position straddling the frontiers of country music and conceptual art; he has worked with everyone from Guy Clark to David Byrne to Lucinda Williams to Bruce Nauman, and his artwork resides in museums worldwide.
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