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Dreamboat to Paradise

from The Petals by Al Grierson

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lyrics

DREAMBOAT TO PARADISE

Got no whiskey or apple brandy
But ol man Winkle’s doin dandy
Gonna sleep the decade through
Kinda wish that I could too
How’d it happen I never planned
To get so tired, it’s hard to stand
Tell me how long will it be til my dreamboat comes for me

Mr. Sandman, have a care for the weary everywhere
For the wealthy in the silver sheets
And the children in the streets
Save their bodies from being sold
Bless their shackles of green and gold
Let them slumber and set them free
Let my dreamboat come for me

Over yonder by the green
A blindman’s playing a tambourine
All the righteous done heard the news
Gonna follow his dancin shoes
When I was younger I might have gone
Jingle-jangling to the dawn
Well I’ve got something I gotta see
Where my dreamboat waits for me

One day the General’s horse went lame
When they put on a battle and no one came
Cause the clocks let the cavalry sleep til noon
When the kid with the bugle forgot the tune
Put down the fire it ain’t no toy
Call off the killing, don’t burn that boy
He got another one he can play
If my dreamboat sails away

Well I ain’t been to heaven but I been told
That they got them an avenue paved with gold
But there’s no way to know if they’re right or wrong
And I ain’t even certain that I belong
I may be humble, but I got pride
And if I go up to Paradise, I won’t ride
Go park the chariot in the square
Let my dreamboat sail me there

I may be humble, but I got pride
And if I go up to Paradise, I won’t ride
Go park the chariot in the square
Let my dreamboat sail me there

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from The Petals, released June 10, 2021

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