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A song about our beloved friend Jeff Straub
lyrics
One of six kids, a governor’s son
Whose mother wrote the book on using things up
A restless seeker, he lived right out loud
Took a freighter to Morocco with his cousin just to bum around
To his three boys he gave a deep love for words
Reading from the classics each night
He was a runner who tended to celebrate wins
With a smoke after crossing the finish line
He was a lover of a good story
And I suspect that the struggles he faced
Made him endeared to the glory
The distinct combination of fear and elation
Shared by the entire race
Things won’t be the same
He’d set out to sell off old books to bookstores
But somehow the trunk would end up fuller than before
They called him Bamboo Man
His camera was full
His obsession with pens would keep him searching for the perfect ink roll
Family trips were abundant but without AC
Unless you count jumping in the creek
And Christmas was camping down Mexico way
The stockings all stuffed with fresh tangerines
And to his love he would read aloud soft
While her needles engaged with a double darned sock
He was a lover of a good story
And I suspect that the struggles he faced
Made him endeared to the glory
The distinct combination of fear and elation
Shared by the entire race
And things won’t be the same
credits
released May 3, 2023
Written & recorded by A. Walker Spring, trumpet by Victor Nash
