Almost every verse of “Tombstone Blues”

by Mr. Natural , Sunday, May 24, 2026, 18:10 (2 days ago) @ Flann

I love that song so much. A new book of the bible for the 20th century USA.

https://music.apple.com/us/album/highway-61-revisited/201281514

“Tell me great hero, but please make it brief:
Is there a hole for me to get sick in?”

The rhyme takes a few more lines to show up:

“And dropping a barbell, he points to the sky,
saying ‘The sun’s not yellow, it’s chicken’”

Then there’s Outlaw Blues:

“I may look like Robert Ford, but I feel just like-a Jesse James”

To say he rewards repeated listening is an understatement of epic proportions.