Name: The I-5 Blues
Duration: P00H04M29S
Description: Written & Performed by Rodney Hayden

The I-5 Blues

by Rodney Hayden

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Written & Performed by Rodney Hayden

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Time to go, don't you know when you cannot pay
No matter how much you wish you could you cannot stay
So pack your bags and carry all you can
Things don't always work out as you planned
Familiar faces across the nightly news
Trying not to freeze, we've got these I-5 blues

Try to find yourself some shelter from the rain
Stay dry inside do not let it drown your pain
Look around you're not the only one
Just the latest living on the run
Some of us are sifting through the clues
The mysteries behind these I-5 blues

Up ahead there is a bed that is soft and warm
Those who mean you well and will do you no harm
But then again there are those who you fear
Shadow people who helped put you here
Everyone is trying to break through
Make some sense please of these I-5 blues

Trust is hard to come by these days this I know
Can't you feel that cold breeze beginning to blow
Paid our dues but can't afford the fees
There is no Robin Hood among these trees
Just lost souls, afraid and confused
The mysteries behind these I-5 blues
Oh, no one sees we've got these I-5 blues

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released November 29, 2020
Written & Performed by Rodney Hayden

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Rodney Hayden Olympia, Washington

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