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Improvised Jean Tourniquet

by John Kargol

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The stained hour that lets you drive
dead heart pumping, still alive
in the cool of the blood that used to be yours
and the twisted black denim with the open sores
out here

Distant howls pour down your spine
the odds are stacked that they're real this time
you rattle the earth with the pulse of your breath
the mojave moon is hung pale and wet
Alone, up there

The radio tower flashes on in time
The skin of your eyelid latches down and sighs

The stone arch of every moan
The mud-womb chant that leaves the night unknown
I am watching you now, here from miles away
I can break every step you thought was yours to make
Out here

The polished black void spilling out its stars
a semaphore pattern of a life gone wrong
your soldiering comes to a cackling halt
as their headlights break around your silhouette
You're sure the forecast changed again

The radio tower flashes on in time
The span of your life slows down to shiver and tear at the excess mind

The angel breaks free again and finds you there at the edge of reason
tangled in the desert air, you find the moon and you move to name her Marion

Canon fire grows scarce and dim
near the cracking black sky where his voice breaks in
all towering down and closing in from afar
like the monolith crashes into passing stars
Out here

The radio tower flashes on in time
The ghost of a nightmare catches, wallow in fear never open-eyed

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released January 1, 2015
Improvised Jean Tourniquet written by John Kargol

John Kargol: Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Hammond Organ, Cajon, Trumpet, Bass, and Vocals

Brandon Lerbs: Drums

Engineered and Mixed by John Kargol

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John Kargol Minnesota

John Kargol is a singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist in St. Paul, Minnesota, and his folky but alternative music has been likened to Paul Simon, the Mountain Goats, and Elliott Smith.
Currently performing as a solo act, John's music can run the gambit from soft-fingerpicking-coffee shop ambiance, to jazz influenced Americana, all the way to hard strumming, bar pleasing indie-rock. ... more

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