The Hell I Will's FineThe pictures on Sunday
The posters and signs
When the land of the free
Was just states of the mind.
Where the legends and stories
American dreams
Played it out on the streets
Of the cinema screen.
An admission paid in
As the credits begin
Will Kane walking down Hadleyville
And the train coming in.
When the law west of Dodge
Some indefinite place
Was a Colt 45
Could beat aces and eights.
The heroes and outlaws
The duel in the sun
With Jesse and Cole
And "Pa, Shane's got his gun".
From a seat on the Boardwalk
The back of the hall
Saw Wyatt and Doc
At the OK corral.
And what made it all great
Well it's hard to define
But just mosey on out
Or the hell I will's fine.
And the old picture house
Now the ghost of a town
I watched them all pulling
America down.
Picture: Pathway through
The Sloping Trenche
Tara Co. Meath 2007.
1 comment:
Nice one frank but what about Tonto? I'm trying to set up links but don't seem to be getting anywhere. Be interesting to see if you can answer this
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