Ballad of Bruce McClain
Buck Young
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On a dull summer night in dirty Bawlmer town Sat with the German and Big Bully after all the bars closed down It was a night like many others in that the three of us were there But this fateful evening, lust to wander filled the air Conversation went to other towns as conversatin' do From Jacksonville to Oakland town to Kalamazoo Yeah we sat there wondering just what the hell to do Big Bully one point went and said I've had it with this dump All these smart mouthed talkers treat me like a chump There ain't no proper reason for us to stay right here Then he plopped back down onto the ground and cracked another beer I said there's money west for those with gall to ride the rail There's tons of work out there if you don't want no martingale The German spoke and that young bloke said "might too good to be true But all you do Bill is drink your fill and I've had it here with you" Big Bully threw his hat down and said what are you implyin' And the rest of us came after with our hootin' and our cryin' Til we found ourselves at the hop out spot waitin for the train to side And that's how three young tramps set out on that westbound ride Across the burning prairies northwestward we did go Thru the god forsaken country of minnesote-o Somewhere after Fargo we three feared our brakes would fail When after dark we heard our old engine shake rattle and wail But I know my engine's alright, she's the US Mountain kind My old engine rocks as she travels through the night It was in the glowing twlilight with Montana on my breath That I swore my life on the BNSF In Havre we unloaded and went down to the saloon It was there we met Old Bruce with teeth as yellow as the moon A lonesome ex-conductor, he paid our tab and took us in Told us his only son was combat wounded in Afghanistan A few rounds of drinks in, the German turned to me Said now I don't like the cut of this fella's misery He seems pretty decent but been dealt a hard hand on his luck And if we dawdle here too long I think that we'll be fucked Big Bully shrugged him off, said can't we only be so kind To humor this old timer for a night, well all be fine I said "well boys I'm partial to being sported out this way A day or two of free booze and food and we'll be on our way" Woke up the next morning, Montana sun shone down Old Bruce pulled up his big blue truck and drove us all around He seemed to have so many friends in his small town mountain home We wondered why the way he drives made us think of him alone He took us joyriding with his priest friend on the Res All the while drinkin hard, to which we acquiesced He said "I'm gonna drink my whiskey, I'm gonna drink it and win Doctor said it'd kill me but he never said when!" A drinkin of the whiskey, to pass the time away But "get the jump on me" that distant whistle seemed to say The German dropped a hint that we should sneak off in the night Big Bully wanted to make sure that old Bruce was treated right So we went to bid goodbye to our old conductor friend But Old Bruce, he didn't like the fact that our time was at an end He cursed our names for leaving, that troubled luckless man He said get the hell out of my town or I'll kill you if I can! He went down to the train yard in a heated drunken spell And told every man to hunt us down and throw us in a cell For we were dangerous tramps, with guns and knives we roved the rails And the only place for folk like us was in the county jail Thank God for timely freight trains that fly the high line as they will If she hadn't kept right down the line, we'd be in Montana still She kept right on down the mountain, as her whistle pierced the air And we left that god forsaken town and Old Bruce to his despair So if you meet a man in Havre and old Bruce is his name Beware the whiskey turns on him and he'll turn on you the same
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