This song is a pre-release version of a little ditty dedicated to Donnie. Free download!
lyrics
He was a businessman with a chauffeur and a yacht
And a tower in the city with his name up on the top
With more money in the bank than you could ever dream,
He had winning ways, at least that’s how it seemed.
Under spacious skies where the deer and the buffalo roamed.
She was kind and gentle and trusted everyone
And so everybody was welcome in her home.
(She kept a knife in her boot just in case something went wrong.)
Donnie, did you hear the news?
You better get your running shoes.
The jig is up; somebody must’ve told her.
She knows about the lies you told.
All the money that you stole.
She’ll cut you down
Get out of town
It’s over.
He promised her riches and gold and satin and lace,
He said people were bad but he knew how to keep her safe
Words like snakes slithered and twisted and shoved,
And he turned her against everything that she had once loved!
In four more years he drained her until she was numb
And her friends were sad to see what she had become.
But you still gotta card you can play when your heart is a stone
So she waited behind the door for him to get home...
Donnie, did you hear the news?
You better get your running shoes.
The jig is up; somebody must’ve told her.
She knows about the lies you told.
All the money that you stole.
You’ve come undone,
Run, Donnie run.
It’s over.
credits
released January 2, 2021
John Plainsong: guitars, vocals, keyboards, drums, trumpet, sax.