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Death by Harley

from Late for the War by Albert Rouzie

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Joe chooses to die by motorcycle after he finds out he has terminal cancer. The song is actually more cheerful than it sounds!

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Death by Harley

Joe saved up all his life for his new Harley Bike.
He loved its full-throated roar, the low-slung handlebars he liked.
Move with the rising road, lean into dead man’s curve,
thrills a long time coming, once he’d found his nerve.

Death by Harley, death by Harley, there’s worse ways to go.
Why lie down when you could fly to life’s opposing shore?

Janie said she understood why he had to do it.
She clung tightly to his back and felt vibrations through it.
Sticker shock was wearing off though she worried for his life,
Happier than he’d been for years and easier with his wife.

Death by Harley, death by Harley, there’s worse ways to go.
Why lie down when you could fly to life’s opposing shore?

The doctor of oncology stood grim behind his desk.
‘Try to get some living done in the time you have left.’

Joe spent days out on the road as if on a mission
Janie stayed at home and drank her soul into submission.

Death by Harley, death by Harley, there’s worse ways to go.
Why lie down when you could fly to life’s opposing shore?

One night police came to her door, their faces looking down.
Joe had flown up off the road, flat against a tree was found.
She knew Joe would never lie dying in a morphine fog.
She was not surprised he had chosen …

Death by Harley, death by Harley, there’s worse ways to go.
Why lie down when you could fly to life’s opposing shore?

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from Late for the War, released January 12, 2023
Albert Rouzie: vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, electric bass
Mark Hellenberg: drums

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Albert Rouzie Athens, Ohio

I have lived in New Orleans, piedmont North Carolina, Portland, Oregon, Austin, Texas, and Athens, Ohio, all places that have influenced my songwriting, a fusion of blues, folk, rock, and country cooked down to my own Americana gumbo. Songs range from offbeat fantasy to focused realism and love songs somewhere in between. I have three albums out, and one, Late for the War, due out in Jan. 2023. ... more

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