The Ballad of Chris McCandless

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Ellis Paul (born Paul Plissey; January 14, 1965) is an American singer-songwriter and folk musician. Born in Aroostook County, Maine, Paul is a key figure in what has become known as the Boston school of songwriting, a literate, provocative and urbanely romantic folk-pop style that helped ignite the folk revival of the 1990s. His pop music songs have appeared in movies and on television, bridging the gap between the modern folk sound and the populist traditions of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger. more »


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2002
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He was out on the highway smiling.
A mystic in torn blue jeans. 
The kid left his trust fund to come out walking. 
He hitched across this country
With a backpack and a head full of dreams. 
Could've sworn he heard the earth a'talkin', 
Talkin'

"Sometimes," he said, "Don't it feel 
Like the concrete's closing in? 
We're putting bricks on the horizon" 

Was he chasing fool's gold, 
Or a holy man walking 
A dirt road till the end? 
I hitched a ride with Chris McCandless. 
I stepped in the wild of a dream. 

The horizon in South Dakota 
Is an ocean of harvest grain. 
In a dusty silo we found work for the taking. 
We'd hitched up from California, 
But he never told me his real name. 
Never told me what past he was out here shaking. 
We're all shaking something. 

"Sometimes," he said, "Don't it feel 
Like technology's closing in? 
We're raising towers on the horizon" 

Was he chasing fool's gold 
Or a holy man walking 
A dirt road till the end? 
I hitched a ride with Chris McCandless 
I stepped in the wild of a dream

A stone, 
A path, 
A river of glass, 

The night sky
Can you see stars from wherever you are? 
Wherever you are?

In a broken school bus they found him 
In the heart of the Alaska range 
The journey ends 
When the heart stops beatingâ?? 
Time is fleeting 

was he chasin fool's gold, 
Or a holy man walking a dirt road 
Till the end? 
I don't know, but 
I hitched a ride with Chris McCandless, 
I stepped in the wild with Chris McCandless, 
And I felt alive with Chris McCandless. 
I was wide awake in the dream, 
The dream, 
The dream.

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