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Fire and Dust (from Is Heaven Real)

You were married – and so was I
We said hello – we should have said good-bye
We’d meet in the shadows – of motel rooms
Sometimes forever - comes too soon

You were breathing fire - I was blowing dust
It was like getting hit - by a bus

My wife found out – your husband, too
We did not know – what to do
You moved to Memphis - or was it Arkansas
Adultery’s wrong – we broke the law

I sit alone – staring at the walls
I would come – if you would call
But that’s a call – I’ll never make
My love was always more – than you could take

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There’s no return – unless you leave
It’s over now – you best believe
What we shared - was a mortal sin
But I would do it again
I would do it all again
But I would do it again
I would do it all again

Picnic on the Mississippi – it’s so trippy

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from IS HEAVEN REAL? HOW WOULD I KNOW - album, released October 1, 2023

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Johnny Dowd Ithaca, New York

Over the last thirty years, Johnny Dowd has been a musical explorer who has charted expeditions to genre-defying destinations that, at their heart, question, challenge, and dissect in their own way notions of the American Dream. Hope you like it.

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