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The Bottle Man

The Bottle Man of the beyond
Is standing on my corner
In his hat and overcoat
Like a crazy scarecrow

He pushes his shopping cart
That clangs and bangs and rattles
Like a soldier’s ghost
Marching home from battle

The Bottle Man of the beyond
Once he had a sweetheart
But she froze to death one winter’s night
Sleeping outside the ballpark

Now people pass him by
As he laughs and howls and swears
As he hoards his earthly treasure
Like a ragged millionaire

The Bottle Man of the beyond
He came from out of nowhere
And one day soon, by summer’s end
He’s scheduled to return there

Now he’s digging through the trash
And he sleeps in a burned-out car
But he’s only passing through
On his journey to the stars

All Hail The Bottle Man!

Music & Lyrics c by John Kruth Sonic Kruth/BMI 2021

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from Love Letters from the Lazaretto, released March 19, 2021
John Kruth – vocal, 12-string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric mandolin, banjo, bass, low D whistle, percussion. Recorded June 2020 at Maus Haus West, Los Angeles. All songs c 2021 by John Kruth – Sonic Kruth/BMI. Mixed by Jeff Hamilton, Mastered by Jeff Menz - Milwaukee, WI..

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John Kruth New York, New York

With 12 solo albums to date, multi-instrumentalist, John Kruth plays mandolin, banjo, guitar and sitar as well as flute and harmonica. The former leader of the NYC "other-world" music ensemble TriBeCaStan, Kruth has played with Ornette Coleman, Allen Ginsberg, Sam Shepherd, John Prine, Rick Danko and Violent Femmes, and worked with producers Joel Dorn and Hal Willner. ... more

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