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The Ballad of The Great Wheel

from Love & The Age of Automation by Michael Shuler

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lyrics

That Great Wheel was the damndest deal
And it stared us right in the eye
Man was meant to walk on stone
Like birds were meant to fly
And soaring through the dome of my skull
Was this new idea to me
So, I climbed up on that great big wheel
To see what I could see

Still I cannot repent, I’m the devil
And whatever’s gonna happen to me
I had almost an hour
On a highway known only to me

That Great Wheel just appeared one day
And the ruckus was loud and long
Folks came from many miles around
They knew that something was wrong
And they all stared in such wide wonder
At something so mystifying
It made the men feel like children
And the children all start to cry

Still I cannot repent, I’m the devil…
Curiosity

Now, there’s a logic to commerce
And a logic to policy
But there weren’t no logic to something that round
That whistled like wind through a tree
In the middle was as black as coal
With colored stars that danced to mesmerize
Women hushed up their babies
While the old men lowered their eyes

The sky looks just like the ocean
Our town fathers were without words
When I climbed up on that big ol’ wheel
I heard something I should not have heard
Now my tongue is like a pencil lead
And my brain like a lovers curse
I did not want to end up this way
I knew nothing could be worse

Still I cannot repent, I’m the devil…

credits

from Love & The Age of Automation, released October 14, 2019
Drums - Gary Ferguson
Bass - Fernando Perdomo
Vocals - John Ramberg, Bill James
Vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, piano, organ, bass pedals, accordion, keyboards - Michael Shuler

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