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Celebration What For

from Celebration What For by Terry Lee Hale

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Celebration What For

Questions I never asked is why it’s come to this
And what remains undone is the why was never fixed
Don’t like to complain but still you could call this a miss
But it’s a permanent situation, kind of hard to ignore
Not what I really wanted nor could I afford
But you can get lost, these streets are hardly vacant
But in all those brawling days, something sure was squandered
And what arrived too late is a reason not a wonder
But such stubborn dedication is still a why I ponder

Turning it’s not easy, bread alone for real
If you want to rock need some grease for the wheel
But darling, darling, tell me
How does it feel ?
Such a strange light, such a strange scene
Bad blood rising, need a little green
I got a door to lock but tell me
What does it mean ?

Celebration What For

But you know that it’s not over if you still have to ask
You know that it’s not over if you hope just a crack
You cannot complain later, under the eye of your Maker
But how long has it been?
How long since the change ?
Still cold as the wind in that bed where you lay?
How high the walls?
How long now the chain?
How hard is that heart with no room to break?

Celebration What For 3x

(E E B E B D#) capo 2 Gm harmonica

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from Celebration What For, released November 2, 2004
Tin Ostres - drums
Sven Buic - double bass
TLH - banjo

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Terry Lee Hale Marseille, France

Currently a resident in Marseille, Hale has been releasing albums for more than three decades. Hale’s work is stubborn and transcendent of genres and deeply evocative in a way that only a true original can be.

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