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Tell Me Why

from Late for the War by Albert Rouzie

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The singer is the hero of this dream song, though he doesn't understand why he has to do it. He stares down a big, bad snake. to protect the man with the looping arms.

A brisk, bluegrass-influenced number. Thanks to Jeanie for the fine harmony vocals.

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Tell Me Why

His arms are looped in a knot,
Voice like a rattling chain.
Seen him lurking in the corner lot
And dark alleys of my dreams.

For some reason I’m supposed to save him,
Even of it means losing my life.
There’s a banded snake thirty feet long,
Thick around as my thigh,
Cold malice in his eyes.

Why tell me why I had to do this.
Why I was so obliged.
Now the serpent bit me
And I’m bound to dying.

I want to run far away as I can
From this reptile of the night.
I took a stand between snake and man,
Held my ground, stared him down
Told the man to fly.

Why tell me why I had to do this
Why I was so obliged.
Now the serpent bit me
And I’m bound to dying.

Serpent coil vanished in a twist of smoke
I went to find the man with the looping arms
Down alleys, through an endless chain of rooms.
He was nowhere to be found.

Why tell me why I had to do this
Why I was so obliged.
Now the serpent bit me
And I’m bound to dying.

I still see the serpent in my dreams
But I never see the man.
Yet I know, if I had to,
I'd save him all over again.

Why tell me why I had to do this
Why I was so obliged.
Now the serpent bit me
And I’m bound to dying.

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from Late for the War, released January 12, 2023
Albert Rouzie: vocals, guitar, electric bass
Jeanie Thieken: backing vocals

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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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