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Never the Twain Shall Meet

from Good Hart by John D. Lamb

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Never the Twain Shall Meet

I don’t do what’s expected - I do whatever the hell
Rode in on a comet - Stories I could tell
Some words are affected - Some are bittersweet
Some folks want ‘em corrected - Never the Twain shall meet

I don’t do what’s expected - I do whatever the dickens
Can’t be resurrected - Can’t publish new editions
Some words are rejected - Some words you can’t repeat
Under these conditions - Never the Twain shall meet

I don’t do what’s expected - I do whatever the fuck
Named him Huckleberry - Most people call him Huck
Hemingway suggested - I coulda quit when they sold Jim
Boy should’ve been arrested - For hanging out with him
I don’t do what’s expected - I do whatever I want
I can make a prince talk proper - a pauper nonchalant
Yeah, some words are inflected - Some are incomplete
My copyright’s protected - Never the Twain shall meet

I don’t do what’s expected - I do my duty
Slang oughta be respected - Lainghorne wrote a beauty
Get that bee out of your bonnet - I’ll use my own techniques
Me and Halley’s comet - Two unaccountable freaks
I don’t do what’s expected - I do my own drumbeat
And just as you suspected – What’s expected gets neglected
This refrain ought to be ejected – Statue erected, sayin’
Never the Twain shall meet
2022©John D. Lamb

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from Good Hart, released January 16, 2023
John D. Lamb – vocals, guitar
Jim Bizer –guitar, bass
Kirby Snively – harmonica
Michael Crittenden - percussion

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John D. Lamb Detroit, Michigan

Lamb spins a tale of love and woe full of true irony and forlorn humor…Lamb has given us a slice of life in which we find common ground, but is anything but commonplace…
Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

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