DESCRIPTION:
Checkpoint Charlie is track 17 on Born With A Tail.
Rolling Machine Records, 2003.

I had a dream I was in New Orleans
Maybe it was heaven
All I know I wasn't lonesome anymore
And the saints were marching in

I met a man chiseled from stone
Shared my table at the square
Maybe it was Jesus maybe Iggy Pop
And we smoked my last cigarette

What does it matter heaven or the latter
"I'll pay the tab" said the Nazarene
We can take all you've got good times or not
With Iggy and Jesus in New Orleans

It was daybreak way out on the levee
Iggy played washtub in three-quarter time
Down by the river I heard some clawhammer banjo
Me and Jesus went fishing

What does it matter the Bayou or El Paso
"I'll pay the tab" said the Nazarene
High as a fruit bat in Napa Valley
With Iggy and Jesus in New Orleans

Was it purgatory, was it Checkpoint Charlie
I decided I would stay there forever
That ol' morning sun maybe it was voodoo
I woke up to the whistling southbound train

What does it matter heaven or the latter
"I'll pay the tab" said the Nazarene
We can take all you've got good times or not
With Iggy and Jesus in New Orleans

New Orleans, Jesus and Iggy...
(Lyrics by Alex Kirt)

WBG:
Hugh DeNeal
Alex Kirt
Brian DeNeal
Ratliff Dean Thiebaud
Pete McRaven
Chad Shaffer

Guest musicians:
Randy Crouch - fiddle & pedal steel
Julie Sommer - vocals
Kevin Kozol - piano
Sam Boss - mandolin

Produced by WBG & Mike Lescelius.
Engineered by Mike Lescelius.
Mixed by Mike Lescelius, Pete McRaven & WBG.
Recorded, mixed & mastered at Misunderstudio, Murphysboro, IL.
https://www.facebook.com/misunderstudio
Mastered by Pete McRaven.
Front cover illustration by Allen Jaeger

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