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The Black Wall

from Speed Demons by Jim Ballard

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The Black Wall

I had a dream the other night and i can’t get it outta my mind
Its like something just ain’t quite right like something left behind I was standin in my childhood and my father held me in his arms It was the last time i remember feelin safe and warm
As i grew into a young man there were friends and loves by the score Some are gone and some remain some i’ll never see no more And the world was there for the takin i was sure to take it all
I spit and rubbed my hands together started climbin the black wall
There was a fire in my belly and a tremblin in my hand
Its the kind that only those who’ve climbed the black wall understand
The night was clear the stars were bright and the moon moved slowly ‘cross the sky I never dreamt that by the dawn’s first light part of this young man would die
Then my eyes my eyes were open and the dream had come to an end Standin round my bed my mother my father and all my friends Welcome home they said, welcome home as if i’d never left them at all And when i turned to look behind me in the distance was the black wall
Like the whisky in the water like the water in the wine
It seems there always is the balance of what’s to come and what’s behind So come on boys and lay your money on the table bet it well ‘Cause there ain’t no saints in heaven who’ve never walked through hell
I had a dream the other night and i can’t get it outta my mind
Its like something just ain’t quite right like something left behind I was standin in my childhood and my father held me in his arms It was the last time i remember feelin safe and warm

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from Speed Demons, released May 19, 2020

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Jim Ballard Akron, Ohio

Jim Ballard
A native of NE Ohio, Jim Ballard has been, for many years a part of the recording/performing community. After touring and performing all over the country with artists from 10,000 Maniacs to Gordon Lightfoot,The Mekons to Pete Seeger, he moved into his studio, Skylyne. There, he has recorded and worked with artists from Michael Stanley to Don Dixon and Alex Bevan. ... more

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