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Saint Joe (A Tribute to Joe Strummer)

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This is a song I wrote in memory of my hero, Joe Strummer

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Saint Joe

His everlasting telecaster screams from the speakers of a ghetto blaster
And the old punks get excited to this day
Now the mixing board is silent, but the shadow he cast was giant
Stretching all the way from London to L.A.

Saint Joe, Saint Joe we need you more than ever
Come back to us and sing a song Saint Joe
Saint Joe, Saint Joe you brought us all together
Come back to us and sing it good Saint Joe

He went strumming through the headlines & enlightened all the by-lines
With the wisdom of a prophet standing near
I saw him on the big screen and I saw him on the side-streets
And he always had a word for those who'd hear

Saint Joe, Saint Joe we need you more than ever
Come back to us and sing a song Saint Joe
Saint Joe, Saint Joe you brought us all together
Come back to us and sing it good Saint Joe

Every year now I remember on that cold and dark December
When a word came down we'd gained another star
Well, I can see the great beyond and the amplifier's on
Slick back your hair and pick up your guitar

Saint Joe, Saint Joe we need you more than ever
Come back to us and sing a song Saint Joe
Saint Joe, Saint Joe you brought us all together
Come back to us and sing it
Come back to us and swing it
Come back to us and sing a song Saint Joe

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from Saint Joe (A Tribute to Joe Strummer), released June 24, 2022

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Douglas Bales Chattanooga, Tennessee

Douglas Bales is a writer and musician from Chattanooga, TN His influences include Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Lou Reed and Joe Strummer.

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