Rally Against HJR-6 Terre Haute, Indiana October 11, 2013
Coattail Rider Blues
(by Walter Beck)
Dancing on a tightrope
Strung across two worlds,
Time warping on a high wire
Over a sea split by colors.
Yeah, I’m a fence rider,
With a hand in each camp.
Leaning one way or another,
With the person holding on
Absolutely terrified
I’m gonna jump ship
And swim in the other side.
Boots boogieing on a thin rail,
No pan tapping to hold my rhythm.
I’m a coin toss
Betting on heads and tails,
Fizzling out and plummeting down
Into the melding middle stripe
Strung between two worlds.
Walter wrote this for a couple of us.
Done in the rhythm of Roadhouse Blues by THE DOORS