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in my hour of darkness
Created on 2008-10-19 23:19:30 (#16898882), last updated 2009-05-27
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Basic Info| Name: | opiumsunset |
|---|---|
| Birthdate: | 1983-11-05 |
| Location: | United States |
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a letter came today from the draft board “There is no Gram Parsons. This is the kind of hell they put my baby sister in, you know. And now they’ve put me here, too. Soon there won’t be anyone else but him. And he’ll reap the benefits that my great-grandaddy and all his kin had once sewn. He’s already taken the glory of my daddy, I figure by standin’ over his grave absorbing it all like a sponge saturated with the sweet summertime success of my family as all the while my mama lay pickled in bed. She’s gone, too, as you might figure. I went away. Far away, to Harvard University to become, of all things, a Theology major. You know, like a priest. That didn’t last all too long (I estimate all of four hours and fifteen minutes), as I must confess: I ran ‘cross the beaten path of the Mason-Dixon line questing freedom. Freedom in music, my music. I wanted very much to make it. I always have. But I figure that no one else saw my logic. My changes were necessary. I knew they would sell. It just called for tremendous effort on my part, on all our parts. We could have made a killing. After all, if Elvis could do it with all his groups, so could I. None of my bands ever worked out. I’ve never had the freedom that I ran so far to grasp: the freedom I needed to let the music go the direction I have in my head. But so long as I can keep trying with my music, I’ll be okay—right? There’s an old sayin’ that says as soon as you walk, you start walkin’ out of town. I figure it’s about time I learn to walk out of this shit hole, innit? Sound as ever, Gram Parsons |
and tomorrow, we may still be there twenty-four years old. aggressively heterosexual. addictive personality, body dysmorphic disorder, emotionally unstable personality, major depressive pre-diagnosed heart disease; prone to transient ischemic attacks; mildly successful multi-musician; scrapbook extraordinaire; heir to the Snively citrus estate; one daughter (Polly Parsons) with Nancy Ross; divorcing Gretchen Bueller and also not the real Gram Parsons. |
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