Up-tempo tune ala Bruce Springsteen, great tenor solo from Crispin Cioe (Cocker, Stones, James Brown). It's a song for the soldiers in Iraq that acknowledges the great sacrifice they make just to be there.
Words & Music by Fremont John Ashton
Fremont John - vocal, acoustic guitar
Fernando Saunders - bass (Jeff Beck, Jan Hammer, Lou Reed)
Richard Crooks - drums (Dr. John, David Bromberg, B. Dylan)
Larry Baeder - elec. guitar (Carly Simon, James Montgomery)
Charlie Giordano - keys (Sheryl Crow, Pat Benatar)
Crispin Cioe - sax (Stones, Cocker, James Brown, Cold Play)
Lisa Lowell - backing vocals (Bruce Springsteen)
Sherryl Marshall (Springsteen, Buster Poindexter)
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fiogf49gjkf0d DEVIL’S DUNE
(A soldier’s song)
words and music by Fremont John Ashton @ 2003
CD: “Timeline”
I left my wife and little kids behind
Now, I’m holed up in this desert blind oh, oh
I wanna go home.
And leave this Devil’s Dune.
I’m here to fight in this Iraqi war.
To take a life is something I abhor, oh oh
I wanna go home.
And leave this Devil’s Dune.
Sleepless nights for endless
Days we fight that menace
In this sandy haze
As the oil wells blaze.
Wind and sand are blinding
Here we stand not finding
Any hope of rest
Still, we give our best.
They said this war wouldn’t last too long.
We’ll hit ‘em hard with our “Shock and Awe” oh, oh
I wanna go home.
And leave this Devil’s Dune.
And though, it’s harder than at first we planned.
Let freedom ring in this desert land oh, oh
Then, we can all go home.
And, leave this Devil’s Dune.
Sleepless nights for endless
Days we fight that menace
In this sandy haze
As the oil wells blaze.
Wind and sand are blinding
Here we stand not finding
Any hope of rest.
Still, we give our best.
We fought a bloody battle through the night.
I lost my buddy in the firefight oh, oh
Some good American’s died.
On this Devil’s Dune.
I pray this war will be over soon.
We’ll be the victors on this Devil’s Dune oh, oh.
Still, I wanna go home
And leave this Devil’s Dune.
Oh oh. I wanna go home and leave this Devil’s Dune
Oh oh. I’ll bid salaam, shalom to this Devil’s Dune.
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