Rustic Poet

by Huke Green

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This Album attempts to capture all of the aspects of Huke as an artist. From the roots rock, to the folk. To the happy...and the dark. You'll find some new material never released on an album, and more intimate versions of some of the songs you've heard on the album recorded at Rudyard's.

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released 13 May 2011
Huke Green - Vocals, Guitar, Guitjo, Harmonica, Bass
Tommy Worley - Lead Guitar, Resonator, Guitjo
Samuel Barker - Bass
Kev Harris - Drums
Jonathan Lin - Violin

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tags: alt country alt folk americana punk folk singer-songwriter folk Texas

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“Raw as a shot of whisky, no ice. These songs come at you hard and don't let up. Acoustic story-telling straight from a ... more wizened heart. They rock with nary an electric note. They burn going down and will stay with you. ” – Author, Court Merrigan

After his time co-fronting the roots rock band, The Wayward Sons, gravel voiced Huke set out to create a solo album which harkens to his folksy roots and less

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Track Name: Backwoods
~ Backwoods ~

Vampires and Werewolves, are out on patrol
Over the hills and through the woods, searchin' for a lost soul
One will suck you dry, the other 'll clean your bones
The sky is growin' dark, I suggest you just stay home


Cause there's things in these ol' backwoods,
Lies will never save
They'll all think you're crazy,
So you take 'em to your grave
Yeah you're crazy if you speak of,
So you take 'em... to your grave


The devil's down in Dixie, at this place I've never seen
It ain't like heaven or hell, but somewhere in between
And there are angels on the tree tops, snakes down in the dirt
The devil's dancing around the fire, but I ain't sayin' a word


There's old men and there's moonshine, game of stud by a whiskey still
There's blood and there's money, secrets for which they'd kill
And you've got pine-tops an' the riverbeds, ghost by a hanging tree
Things that words just can't describe, you gotta see 'em to believe
Track Name: Bare Bones
~ Bare Bones ~

I stand before you.. meek and humble,
Victories and faults on display
Time has taken.. it's toll on me,
I pray to God that I'll find the way


Flesh and Blood..
they rot on the surface,
We all know..
it's a long way home,
And I stand..
naked here before you,
Dusty wind..
blowin' through Bare Bones


Sin and shame.. they both know my name,
they've both played a part in my wicked ways
I've dwelled in darkness.. far to long now,
I'd kill the night just to save the day


Would you take me.. as I am,
Or would you need a pound of flesh
Would you shed.. your Mercy on me,
'cause dust and bones is all that I have left
Track Name: Downtrodden Prayer
~ Downtrodden Prayer ~

I can't sleep though I'm tired, I got this deep down desire.. to try to pull myself up from all this muck and mire
I got the chills the other day, someone walked across my grave.. and I know it won't be long till I get back what I gave

An' I've been down too long,
Singing the same sad song,
Wishin' the Lord would grant me peace and I could find where I belong


I've seen trouble fall like rain, I've seen good folks live in pain.. while the wicked die in their sleep and the saints they die in vain
What don't kill me makes me strong, well friend I say your wrong.. 'cause the devil you know he beat me down an' when I woke up you were gone


Dear Lord what will it take for me to catch a break.. to rise up like a phoenix out of this world of snakes
My anger how is shakes and my heart how it aches.. for me to find my place among the poets and the saints
Track Name: Tracks
~ Tracks ~

Let's go down to the railroad track, see what we might find
Jump a big freight-liner, leave this town behind
'Cause I got my gun an' I got my girl, to me that is enough
You can give my things to the poor on the street... I don't need that stuff

Goin' on a fast train, I ain't coming back
Goin' on a fast train till we run outta tracks
Goin' on a fast train, we ain't coming back
Goin' on a fast train till we run outta tracks

Down by the river and up through the pines to a brand new place we go
Like a carnival ride where she stops ain't no body knows
We'll chase the moon till the sun comes up an' then we'll chase some more
Border to border and coast to coast, till we reach that distant shore


Tell your dad you're gone, kiss your ma goodbye.. bid them all fair well
See 'em again in heaven 'less we go to hell
For the things we do when we get out into that big ol' world
But I'll take the chance on a devil's dance for you my blue-eyed girl
Track Name: Prayin' For Rain
~ Prayin' For Rain ~

The sun been shinin'.. down on me
But those bright skies I don't wanna see
The ground is hard, the soil dry
The crops are turning brown.. They're gonna die

I'm Prayin' for rain, I'm wishin' for storms
I'm hopin' that sun.. it don't burn my corn
An' do you hear me Lord.. listen to my plea
A good days rain is all I need... it's all I need


I make my livin'.. livin' off the land
On ground first plowed by my Grandpa's hand
My Daddy died here, he gave his blood to the dirt
I'll give mine too.. for what it's worth


A banker came by.. he said he meant no harm
But if I lose the crops, then I lose the farm
The rows are dry... the soil dust
An' if the harvest dies then the farm goes bust
Track Name: Devil's Shout
~ Devil's Shout ~

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Track Name: Peggy
~ Peggy ~

Peggy called me up.. for a favor last night
seems her and a John got in bit of a fight
He agreed to the price but, didn't want to pay
he busted her lip and drove away

I picked her up.. at the corner store
She got in the back, threw her purse down on the floor
Peggy's in the back seat with a needle to a vein
Trying like hell.. to ease the pain


Peggy used to be my young brother's wife
he was killed in an alley by a switchblade knife
They always lived rough, strung out on drugs
and those poor choices are catchin' up

I picked her up.. at the corner store
She got in the back threw her purse down on the floor
Peggy's in the back seat with a gun up to her head
she couldn't kill the pain.. she'd rather be dead


I told Peggy forget her wicked days
she gonna get herself killed, she keeps going on this way
She ain't ever sure... she wants to live or she wants to die
but, I still see life in her eyes

I picked her up at the corner store
She got in the back threw her purse down on the floor
Peggy's in the back seat, I think she's changed her mind
she's talking to Jesus with tears in her eyes

She's talking to Jesus.... with tears in her eyes

Peggy's in the back seat