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The Demon Wife

from Barren Land by Allister Thompson

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In the summer of of '34
Searing heat on the corn
She stands there on the drive
Black snake crawling up her thigh

The rain comes pouring down
As I drive into town
To buy the gun and the rope
To bring my life back some hope

Her father said take my girl
She's a bad-tempered cuss, she ain't no pearl
She can see what's in your mind
Call spirits down from the sky

Ever since our wedding day
My crops won't grow and she says
That's the price for marrying me
You’re damned for eternity

Ever since that ring went on her hand
A blight is on my land
The milk has all gone sour
Dogs howl all through the hours

Locusts ate all of my wheat
There's maggots living in my meat
Her voice is in my mind
Saying you'll never leave me behind

Now it's one more bend, I'm almost home
With a loaded gun, shaking to my bones
As I pull up, I can plainly see
She's still there waiting for me

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from Barren Land, released September 30, 2020

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This is the place to meet the psychedelic, progressive, ambient, and folk/rock music of Allister Thompson released under his own name and as The Gateless Gate, Sons of Birches, Twilight Fields, and Khan Tengri.

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