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Cassady

from Five Song CD by Gregory Ego

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CASSADY

Oh, he died right there on the railroad tracks
As he counted the ties away.
And he barely wrote a book or penned any essays
And his name was Neal Cassady.

He became a literary figure
In the works of others.
He was the Johnny Appleseed of marijuana
And his name was Neal Cassady.

Cassady, Cassady
His first third, what a pity.
Cassady, Cassady
His second third he just had to be free.
Cassady, Cassady
His final third he lived excessively.
Cassady, Cassady
Today your name is legendary.

He was a Sleeping Prophet-rapping brakeman
When the Beat Movement began
To take steam like a locomotive history
And his name was Neal Cassady.

Oh, he talked and talked and intercoursed
Entire nights away.
But you could tell he was thinking
Even when he was quietly Neal Cassady.

Cassady, Cassady
His first third, what a pity.
Cassady, Cassady
His second third he just had to be free.
Cassady, Cassady
His final third he lived excessively.
Cassady, Cassady
Today your name is legendary.

C-A-S-S-A-D-Y
LSD
And why-oh-why
Were XY chromosomes personified
In that over-deified wise guy?
Born in Salt Lake, In Mexico died.
Half the circle to the other side.
He hung on and enjoyed the ride.
And then he let his soul fly.
Tried-and-true if it tweren’t all lies
About C-A-S-S-A-D-Y.

You’re either On the Bus or Off the Bus
But sometimes there’s a Maybe.
I swear a ghost sped past me out of Denver
And it looked like Neal Cassady’s.

Cassady, Cassady
His first third, what a pity.
Cassady, Cassady
His second third he just had to be free.
Cassady, Cassady
His final third he lived excessively.
Cassady, Cassady
Today your name is legendary.

credits

from Five Song CD, released January 8, 2015
Gregory Ego: Vocals, electric guitars, acoustic guitar, bass.
Kirk Gill: Background vocal.
Jon Killough: Drums.
James Nicholson: Flute.

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Gregory Ego Denver, Colorado

Gregory Ego: a 21st Century singer-songwriter and theatrical shaman of angst. A purveyor of satire and psychedelia. Part social critic, part mystic. Fulfilling the old "intelligence is sexy" adage.

Gregory Daurer: author of the novel A Western Capitol Hill and a freelance scribe. His work has appeared in Juxtapoz, 5280, Headpress, The Huffington Post, Salon, Draft, Culture, and High Times.
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