Powhatan (Nixon in Gethsemane)

from Interstate 64 Revisited by John Donne

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think i'm going to powhatan
cuz i lied to my therapist
knew my idea was trash right from the jump but
that don't mean i won't finish it
think i'm going to virginia
night that they drove old dixie down
friday night and the band is playing
have me another night on the town

give that man a fake cigarette
watch him talking all by himself
forgive him, lord, for he knows not what he does and
forgive me too i'm not feeling well
think i'm going to charlottesville
dreamt that i dwelt in marble halls
vassals and serfs and my high school sweetheart
all who assembled within those walls

sing a song of the commonwealth
i saw nixon in gethsemane
tricky dick in the county lockup
you'll never guess what he said to me
not a girl and not yet a crook
looking for drugs in a southern town
so could you not watch with me one hour
matthew said to young goodman brown

tell a tale of old dominion
in the winter of '65
to tell the secrets of my prison house
taint not thy mind nor let soul contrive
sing a song of I-64
of my dead friends and the fall of rome
this is the day that the lord has made us
remember me when i go back home

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from Interstate 64 Revisited, released May 16, 2019

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