SONG OF DEVASTATION – NUMBER 33
My husband received this lovely letter from someone at The Red Hand Files (we’ve lost the person’s name!). Just to say, Bill Callahan is a much loved artist in our home, as he takes our hand and leads us through his dreamscapes. I am assuming the Song of Devastation is ‘One Fine Morning’ from the album, Apocalypse. This song is, of course, Bill’s masterpiece. Thank you for sending it in. Love Susie. x
Could you please share this Song of Devastation with Susie? Bill Callahan’s ‘Apocalypse’ is steeped in ethereal, haunting and darkly hopeful and captivating landscape. I want to ride this range, sensing my horse’s hooves would never touch dust or soil.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NphJbinncQ
One Fine Morning
One fine morning
I'm going to ride out
One fine morning
I'm going to ride out
Just me and the skeleton crew
We're gonna ride out in a country kind of silence
We're gonna ride out in a country silence
Yeah, one fine morning
Yeah, it's all coming back to me now
My apocalypse
My apocalypse
The curtain rose and burned in the morning sun
The curtain rose and burned in the morning sun
And the mountains
And the mountains bowed down
In the morning sun
Like a ballet of the heart
And the mountains bowed down like a ballet
In the morning sun
And the baby and we all lay in state
And the baby and we all lay in state
And I said "Hey, no more drovering"
I say "Hey, no more drovering"
When the earth turns cold
And the earth turns black
Will I feel you riding on my back?
When the earth turns cold
And the earth turns black
Will I feel you riding on my back?
And for I am a part of the road
Yeah, I am a part of the road
The hardest part
The hardest part
My apocalypse
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Songwriter – Bill Callahan