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Snake River Canyon

from Stunts by Sons of Ditches

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Words and Music by Pete Halliday

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I was only two or three
Sittin’ on my daddy’s knee
We caught the whole thing on TV
With a black and white display
Nineteen cars at the Astrodome
Countless wrecks and broken bones
The Last Gladiator since old Rome
Was gonna jump that day

At Moose’s bar he got the itch
Back in nineteen sixty-six
Nothin’ could turn off that switch
He had to make his play
Montana Mules and a couple shots
The more he drank the more he thought
That he really had a shot
To make the jump that day

All the papers called him crazy
Said he shouldn’t even try
No way in Hell he’d make it
No man could make a motorcycle fly

500 feet deep and a mile wide
He couldn’t see the other side
Full of confidence and pride
Atop that rocket sleigh
It was finally time to fly
He might live and he might die
But either way he had to try
To make the jump that day

‘Cause dyin’s always been a part of livin’
None of us get’s out alive
So don’t you go sit down on the sidelines
You gotta try and make the other side

From the start it all went wrong
Headwinds were a bit too strong
The Sky Cycle didn’t make it long
And he went down in flames
Screams went up from his fans
Twelve thousand people ran
To see what happened to their man
Who tried to jump that day

When you hear about the old Snake River Canyon
Think about what happened there one day
A man so bad everybody called him Evel
Stared down death and then he walked away

‘Cause dyin’s always been a part of livin’
None of us get’s out of here alive
So don’t you go sit down on the sidelines
You gotta try and make the other side

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from Stunts, released December 7, 2018
Pete Halliday - Electric Guitars and Lead Vocals
Don Winningham - Acoustic Guitar and Vocals
Eric Veine - Banjo and Bass
Bryan Weiss - Drums

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Sons of Ditches Wixom, Michigan

Roots rock and outlaw country for cow tippers and shit kickers

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