Original DDE™ art: “Endless Highway Blues” — by: rob kistner © 3/6/26.
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cold van coughed awake outside another dim hall
for years now we been climbin’ this rock’n’roll hill
I tune my strings standin’ on the echoing empty stage
you sit memorizing lyrics on the stagefront ledge
thirty years now of this thunder drummin’ big beat
our busted guitar cases betray what we’ve been about
our sweat droplets sparkle in gelled stage lights
our sound climb’n in a roar into night club lofts
the magic smoke curl’n upward — crowd surges ’n shouts
sweet riffs just keep rise’n higher as the crowd-mind shifts
some nights the gig has our soul energy wildly stirrin’
some morning-mirrors return two ragged faces stare’n
your voice always softens the roar of a restless crowd
as my les paul ripps out raw with the rocker’s creed
we criss-cross this wide land tote’n battered gear
still chase’n the golden promise of the perfect gig
young bands arrive dreamin’ — bright with spunk’n’spark
we smile’n watch’em burn on — with our know’n smirk
along endless highways and in broken shabby motel rooms
the songs keep breathing hope — so the heart still roams
we carry mic chords, amps n’guitars in sore tired hands
following the sirons echoes of our damned stardom plans
when the amps fall quiet as lights come up in the empty’n hall
…askin’ ourselves will we ever make it — believin’ we might still
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rob kistner © 03/5/26
I added this last song because miss M makes me cry…