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When the Rooster Crows

from Seven by Left Hand Smoke

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WHEN THE ROOSTER CROWS

Hey now, you don’t know
What’s gonna come when the rooster crows
You get married then head off to war
Hey now, he didn’t smile
What would come when he crossed the isle
Wedding bells are gonna put his life on the right track
And you know sometimes it’s hard

Hey now, you don’t know
What’s gonna come when the rooster crows
But you can never make sense
of your experience

Hey now, he didn’t know
What would come when the foghorn blows
And whisks him away to some foreign land
Hey now, you don’t know
What’s gonna come when the rooster crows
Finish high school, put a rifle in his hand

Hey now, his ship’s pullin’ in
He’s been to hell and back again
Is there anything worth getting excited for?
He spent some time ‘neath a palm tree
In a battle by a raging sea
When he came back his wife didn’t recognize him anymore
And you know sometimes it’s hard

Now he’s on the back steps
Screamin’ life’s not over yet
Seems like the age
Is havin’ its way with him

Hey now, the lawn is green
It’s scorchin’ down in New Orleans
And the black girls run barefoot in the dust
Hey now, the old men sneeze
The chessboard’s balanced on their knees
They’re content to smile and not make a fuss

He remembered how the death smelled
In the fog of war and the flying shells
Whistling past the waves and the white, speckled sands of the lagoon

He wanted some island girl
To take his red blood for a whirl
Under the nighttime sky and the gleam of the moon

He had a rich buddy or two
Mattered not his blood was blue
Till the enemy fire spilled his blood out
Gushin’ crimson, maroon

Hey now, the years are gone
He’s war-torn and wants to move on
He’s livin’ the married life, tryin’ to stay clean
And daddy’s on the porch steps
Screamin’ life’s not over yet
His gut is gettin’ bigger like an aging marine

Hey now, he’s goin’ gold
The summer of youth to the December cold
It’s midlife and he’s crawlin’ over the hill
Hey now, il fait beau temps
What’s not here now is forever lost
He follows his fortune like a pill

Hey now, il fait beau temps
What’s not here now is forever lost
You never had control and you never will
Hey now, you don’t know
What’s gonna come when the rooster crows
Better make hay while the sun is shinin’ still

Oh-ah-oh-ah-ay

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from Seven, released December 7, 2017

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