the heist

(Down the road from your memory track 6)

meet me in the mornin’

meet me when the cock starts crowin’

on Greenwood by the butte

I’m digging through the basement

of this old warehouse    revamped

by a brewer    it’s loud work

but you’re upstairs doin’ what you’re doin’

dancing ‘round like you’ve done all week

the crowd gets loud    the show only

gets better in the darkness

    you allow    right before the dawn

and I’m not dawdling but this

is taking longer than it needs to

   still we could use the money

and I’m high on the thrill of the job

meet me when the dawn breaks through

  up on Greenwood by the butte

and I’ll have all the money

and Mama we can get new shoes

next door there’s a bank vault

  it’s only got one steel wall

 the others are wooden 

     in the dirt and my shovel just made a knock 

meet me in the mornin’

on Greenwood by the butte

I’ll be in our rusty green pickup

 with all the rich men’s loot

Mama meet me in the mornin’

we’ll leave from Greenwood by the butte

you can get some rest and

we can leave behind this old town

                      on the Deschutes

it ain’t been kind to us

and I’m excited for the move