Blacky & the Rodeo Kings Tombstone (Jules Shear) "I heard a great demo of this Jules Shear song by The Band with an amazing Rick Danko vocal. For some reason, it never made it to one of their records. I remembered it real well, but forgot the words to the second verse. unfortunately, so did Jules. Lucky for me though, my pal Jimmy Weider found a copy of the demo and sent it on to me." Colin Linden It's impatience that's holding back the clocks It's a life of dates and documents The soul searchers wheel and deal If you're looking for repentance They'll hand you down a sentence Far away in Pittsburgh or Paris Love's for sale and so reasonably priced The answers few and far between It's just bedsheets my friend They're blowing in the wind Tombstone, tombstone I know your face one day I'll meet you Down at that special place The hard earned wisdom Of the night is all for hire And I can't tell a shooting star from a bird on fire Tombstone, tombstone There's a pump organ lives on air And I can hear it from the market place Wailing mourners in the crowd Someone went over the line Where our burning paths combine The parishioners pour into the square Thinking there but for His grace go I But there among the deafened ears(?) The neediest of sinners will forget it before dinner Tombstone, tombstone etc.. Are you the jailer Or will you set me free How many misdemeanors In one felony Tombstone Tombstone