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This is one of my favorite songs. It's by Daniel Lanois and the original version is very hard to find online. I have a conspiracy theory that Rockstar Games, the studio behind the video game Red Dead Redemption 2, scrubbed the original version from the internet when they recorded a new version for their credits song. The only old version I can find still is at this link www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0xTNfXKAIU

I am pretty sure it's an ode to the sun. As in the character "Red" is the sun. I added a final verse at the end to practice writing in the style.

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I'm going where the sun burns
and the heat stays at command.
Come and lay by my side
come and lay right here.

To where the river burns to dust
and God is never rushed.
Come and lay by my side
come and lay right here.

Red I need you and the world.

The buzzing, the stink, and the smell
yeah it's choking me, uh huh.
Come and lay by my side
come and lay right here.

You'll be dressed in a cloud.
I'll be singing out my tune real loud.
Come and lay by my side
come and lay right here.

Red I love you and the world.

And it seemed to make sense when
Brother Santo said one more run be enough;
gonna be enough
to be enough

money for everything:
silver toed boots and gasoline.
Come and lay by my side
come and lay right here.

Red, I worry about you in the world.

When I see you behind the glass I
forget that I'm in the cage.
They took me to Sunday mass
but they never wiped away the rage.

Red I need you and the world.

Seven months and seven years to go,
Red, I can't stay no more.
Come and lay by my side
come and lay right here.

Before the fog and smoke,
where the sun don't lay my head,
come and lay by my side.
Come and lay right here.

Red I need you and the world.
Red I love you and the world.

credits

from Tape Acoustics, released February 2, 2020
Written by Daniel Lanois in 2003

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