Name: (b) Boy and Beast
Duration: P00H04M33S
Description: Rapidfire classic acoustic fingerpicking minor ballad, lush harmonies and virtuoso fiddle solo: Young Enrique hops a train called the Beast to head north to his mother, one of the lucky ones. So far. Los Angeles is the Promised Land.

(b) Boy and Beast

from Lady Liberty by Gerry Spehar

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Rapidfire classic acoustic fingerpicking minor ballad, lush harmonies and virtuoso fiddle solo: Young Enrique hops a train called the Beast to head north to his mother, one of the lucky ones. So far. Los Angeles is the Promised Land.

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BOY AND BEAST
Gerry Spehar
Enrique grabs a ladder in the Mexican night
Pulls himself up on the Beast and holds on tight
Wrapped around a railing as the stars roll by
He pulls out a picture and starts to cry
The men in the boxcar, he steals them smokes
To buy their protection because he’s twelve and he’s broke
All along the watchtower he hears the screams
Of long cold rails and burning dreams
Sailing, sailing
Away, away
Sailing, I’m sailing
Away, away
He holds a scrap of paper with his Mama’s phone
In the state of Los Angeles where he hopes this Beast is
going
He tears it up and keeps her number in his head
Where no one can find it and nobody’s dead
Falling into emptiness
Falling out of loneliness
Away, away
Running out of fear
Running out of time
Away, away
Sailing, sailing
Away, away
I’m sailing, sailing
Away, away

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from Lady Liberty, released January 9, 2021

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Gerry Spehar Los Angeles, California

Gerry Spehar is a folk country troubadour from Colorado and a man on a mission. Hot on the heels of last year's critically acclaimed "I Hold Gravity” the singer songwriter guitar picker is back with a full blown old school protest album. Think Woody Guthrie backed by psychedelic guitars and funky New Orleans horns ... more

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