{"id":755,"date":"2021-01-14T16:57:09","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T16:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=755"},"modified":"2021-01-14T16:57:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T16:57:12","slug":"levi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=755","title":{"rendered":"Levi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Levi\" width=\"819\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vCOCrRooGOg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Levi&#8221; is an allegory for the often-messy spiritual journey my life has been.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like many of my songs, it draws loosely on actual experiences:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A pre-cut hair-wash by &#8220;Levi&#8221; in a second-floor sink.&nbsp;<\/li><li>drunken adventures throughout my misspent youth.&nbsp;<\/li><li>long walks by the Hudson River when staying with my manager on Charles Street.&nbsp;<\/li><li>my decision to stop drinking many moons ago.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In the flow of creativity, I assembled all that and then some into a narrative that straddles the fence between fiction and non-fiction.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<i>I was baptized by Levi in a second-floor sink<br>Trembling, and badly in need of a drink<br>The henchmen were gathered below<br>They were antsy for bloodshed.<br>I slipped out the back door to see where the alleyway led<br><br>I was seven days sober and losing my mind<br>Turned to a stranger who seemed to be kind<br>She led me to heaven<br>But left me out on the front doorstep<br>My knees on the pavement, my aching head filled with regret<br><br>Oh, the drunks down on Broadway they sing out a song<br>Lights along Christopher guide me along<br>I turn right on Amsterdam even though everything&#8217;s wrong<br>Mama, everything&#8217;s wrong<br><br>She greeted me sadly then asked me my name<br>A five-dollar whore with a ten-dollar name<br>13 nights later she still hadn&#8217;t charged me for nothing<br>We traded our shoes for guitars and we started to sing<br><br>Oh, the drunks down on Broadway&#8230;<br><br>I fell back alone on a gray Sunday morn<br>The jeans on my backside were tattered and torn<br>I stumbled along, &#8217;til I stood by the black Hudson River<br>The wind it blew cold, as my soul finally started to stir<br><br>The drunks down on Broadway&#8230;<br><br>The afternoon sky it grew heavenly wings<br>Lifted me high above everything<br>As darkness descended, I knew I had only to sing<br>I have only to sing&#8230;<\/i>\n\n\n\n<p>15+ years since I wrote it and still I have only to sing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have only to sing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:30px\"> Archives<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/billdeasy.com\/wp\/?page_id=741\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"741\">Beautiful Land &#8211; 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