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Nine Times Around

from Archipelago​/​Baby Boot Box by George Engel

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I heard a dog bark
there was a vicious pound
and some wild wind
blew my big door down
it was a white out...
blizzard, covered the town
nine times around
nine times around

So, on the down hill
up at Sugarloaf
there was a big man
from the outermost
who took his gloves off
and wrapped me in his coat
nine times around
nine times around

I went to walk around
circle the village square
on the thin hope
that maybe God was there
well, I was knee deep
in my petition prayer
nine times around
nine times around

West of the Great Lakes
an empty highway stretch
on an entrance ramp
I nearly froze to death
bargained my mother load
of virgin crystal meth
nine times around
nine times around

and in Nebraska
where there were frozen farms
became a red neck
when I flagged him down
and he bought me pancakes
ninety seven pounds
nine times around
nine times around

I had simple dreams
sunshine, food and shelter
but they just never seemed
to stand up through the winter weather
for four full months....

I had a kitten once
slept on the cellar stairs
but I swear to God
I didn't see her there
we had to put her down
inside the frozen ground
nine times around
nine times around

but medication now
somehow keeps me calm
but the truth be told
it's really never gone
yeah, in Omaha
the snow's still coming down
nine times around
nine times around

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from Archipelago​/​Baby Boot Box, released January 7, 2020
Baby Boot Box is:
George Engel
Scott Genereau
Craig Malone
Produced by Scott Genereau for Sling Slang Records

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George Engel Hartford, Connecticut

George Engel, a singer/songwriter and for MANY years the owner and operator of Connecticut local music label, Sling Slang Records, has recorded his own songs with his bands, Baby Boot Box and George Engel and the Wedding Band.

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