Name: Modesto
Duration: P00H04M59S
Description: Every hobo has an origin story. A moment which broke them and sent them to the road. Gilly relents and shares his tale.

Modesto

from King of the Hobos - Cast Recording by Jara Jones

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Every hobo has an origin story. A moment which broke them and sent them to the road. Gilly relents and shares his tale.

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Spoken

GILLY

Now, now – Smokey. You know I don’t want to bring that up in front of

the kind folks.

(Smokey strums)

All right. All – right. Just – just this once.

I’ve travelled all across this nation

But the one place I’ll never shine again

It’s a white-washed town

Modesto California

Place where you settle

‘mong the cul-de-sacs

Grey women

Ruddy men

But part of life is lettin’ go

Grab a shovel, fill the earth

And you don’t look back

You’re not as brave as you think you were

Don’t have the strength or the money

For a new attack

Why are you still breathin’

Weight of ruin upon your back

It’s always Modesto

In your heart

Arrived there with my wife

And darlin’ son

Held my tongue at the notions

Neighbors plied

Took a job at the cannery

It wasn’t fun

My family’s faces my only comfort

While the noose was tied

But part of life is lettin’ go

Grab a shovel, fill the earth

And you don’t look back

You’re not as brave as you think you were

Don’t have the strength or the money

For a new attack

Why are you still breathin’

Weight of ruin upon your back

It’s always Modesto

In your heart

Ran as fast as I could

When I got the phone call

By the time I arrived

The intersection choked with glass

And rubber

Two sheets on the sidewalk

Wavin’

In surrender...

And part of life is lettin’ go

Grab a shovel, fill the earth

And you don’t look back

You’re not as brave as you think you were

Don’t have the strength or the money

For a new attack

Why am I still breathin’

Weight of ruin upon my back

It’s always Modesto

In my heart

And part of life is lettin’ go

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from King of the Hobos - Cast Recording, released November 2, 2014

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King of the Hobos New York, New York

Jara Jones is an actor, singer/songwriter, and poet residing in New York City.
You can find more songs, poems and rambles on his site:
www.jarajones.com

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