This track is comprised of two songs played back to back: The Hatchetman & Charlie Jackie Freedom Pride recorded live in San Francisco, CA @ The Bottom of the Hill on September 4th, 2012. (These two songs originally appeared on the 2001 "American Folk Horror" LP/CD on Estrus Records, recorded by Tim Green.)
lyrics
The Hatchetman.
He came a walking around, cool and cut up from a town without mercy.
He came a stalking around, cool and cut up from a town without mercy.
And I paid him no mind babe, as he was background and my life kept on turning.
But he stayed close behind me, and all around me my life kept on burning.
Eeee yo, eee yow, eee yo, eee yow.
Dear god grant me this day... and don't take my head.
Dear god grant me this day... don't ever forget what I said.
That, "I did what I did, there was nothing else left and for no higher crime will I pay."
You got your eyes on him, You got your eyes on him, You got your eyes on him, You got your eyes on him.
I can see him in the barroom now, drunken eyes, drunk in gin.
He had a thousand scars upon him, of every tiny embrace.
He had those cuts on his hands, cuts on his face, nobody else feels his gaze.
C'mon Eeee yo, eee yow, eee yo, eee yow.
Dear god grant me this day... and don't take my head.
Dear god grant me this day... don't ever forget what I said.
That, "I did what I did there was nothing else left and for no higher crime will I pay."
I don't know just what I did to deserve this, hatchet swings hatchet high hatchet low.
And his grip tightens, and his arms raisin', no place that's left we could go.
Boy before you see him boy we got to go, boy before you see him boy we got to go, boy before you see him boy we got to go, boy before you see him boy we got to go.
A better life, a better love, gotta get out.
A better life, a better love, gotta get out.
Charlie Jackie Freedom Pride:
I'm Indian Warrior King, she's my warrior bride.
Say, "What's my name?" Charlie Jackie Freedom Pride.
A great buffalo hunt, well tomorrow I ride, with the gods up above me and a spear at my side.
Well the nation depends, for them I provide, I will drag back that mighty beast... Charlie Jackie Freedom Pride.
I just hope it ain't mine, when they cut it off slow.
Spirit of the wind from a long time ago came grabbed up this poor aching heart of mine.
Sat back in chair and with might he declared and his words came to me right on time.
He said, "If nobodies home, well lay the beat on down."
He said, "If you're alone, lay the beat on down."
"And if they fuck with your soul, lay the beat on down."
"If nobody knows, just lay the beat on down."
I leave on the south side of town, work too many a 9 to 5, come home to hungry wife and a kid, but never a tear in my mind.
My word to my god, "Hunt strong, hunt slow."
My word to my god, "Lay a path wherever you go."
A great buffalo hunt. A great Buffalo hunt. A great Buffalo hunt. A great Buffalo hunt.
I can't take this, can't take it anymore. I can't take this, can't take it anymore. I can't take this, can't take it anymore. I can't take this, can't take it anymore.
'Cause I'm Indian Warrior King, she's my warrior bride.
I will drag back that might beast... Charlie Jackie Freedom Pride.
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